John Beverley Robinson

John Beverley Robinson ( born February 21, 1821 in York, now in Toronto, Ontario, † June 19, 1896 in Toronto ) was a Canadian politician. He was the twelfth Mayor of Toronto and served from 1880 to 1887 as Vice- Governor of the Province of Ontario.

Biography

John Beverley Robinson is the son of Sir John Robinson, a major political figure in Upper Canada. His father was from 1829 to 1862 the Supreme Court of Upper Canada at. His son attended 1830-1836, the Upper Canada College. He played cricket and there also was a member of the first Canadian cricket team selection. He worked also as a boxer, and consecrated in 1891 the Toronto Athletic Club a, which he headed until his death as president.

In December 1837, during the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Robinson served as aide- de-camp to Sir Francis Bond Head. After the suppression of the rebellion, he was tasked to carry despatches to Washington. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844. In the 1850s, Robinson was repeatedly elected to the Toronto City Council and was appointed from January 1856 to January 1857 by the Council to the mayor. He was involved during his tenure at many start-ups such as the Toronto and Georgian Bay Canal Company in 1856.

1858 Robinson was elected to the lower house of the province of Canada and represented there Toronto. He promoted the railway project of the Northern Railway of Canada and to the Company in 1862-1875 as president before. In 1863, he did not make the re-election. However, in 1872 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons; there he represented as a member of the Conservative Party the first electoral district of Algoma, from 1875 then West Toronto. Governor General Lord Lorne Robinson sworn on 1 July 1880 as Vice- Governor of Ontario. This representative office he held until 31 May 1887.

Robinson married on June 30, 1847 Mary Jane Hagerman, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. He died in 1896 following a stroke.