Person

William Lyon Mackenzie

1795–1861 · 19th century

William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born journalist and politician in Upper Canada, a radical critic of the ruling Family Compact and the first mayor of Toronto in 1834. In December 1837 he led a short-lived armed rebellion near Toronto, which was quickly defeated. He fled to the United States, where he set up a provisional government on Navy Island, and returned to Canada after an amnesty in 1849.

William Lyon Mackenzie
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Upper Canada

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). William Lyon Mackenzie. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/william-lyon-mackenzie
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