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William McDougall was born January 25, 1822. He was born in and raised on a farm north of York, Upper Canada. He witnessed the Montgomery Tavern burning when he was fifteen, which was near his home during the rebellion in Upper Canada. Three years later he join The Upper Canada Academy, which became the Victoria College in 1841. William Mcdougall died May 29, 1905 in Ottawa Ontario.

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William had two wives in his lifetime. He married Amelia Easton in 1845, and together they had many children. After Amelia died he married Mary Beatty in 1872, and together they had three sons.

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Life before politics/early political career

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Life before politics/early political career

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William went to school to become an attorney, however, he was more interested in journalism than the law. He started the Canadian Farmer which later morphed into Canadian Agriculturalist. He later started writing for Brown's Globe. Journalism led him to politics. In 1854 he decided to run for office and declared himself a candidate. In '58 he won a seat in the Legislative Assembly for the Province of Canada.

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William was a father of confederation, he's considered this because he attended all three Confederation conferences. When the dominion formed he also served as Minister of Public Works in the Macdonald government.

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Where Upper Canada was on today's map

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Where York was in Upper Canada

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