Lewis Wigle (March 10, 1845 – July 30, 1934) was an

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

farmer, businessman and political figure. He represented Essex South in the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ...

from 1875 to 1882 and in the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca ...

from 1882 to 1887 as a

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

member. He was born in Gosfield Township, Essex County,

Canada West The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in British North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report ...

in 1845, the son of Solomon Wigle. He owned a general store at Leamington and served as reeve of

Mersea Mersea Island is an island in Essex, England, in the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater and River Colne, Essex, Colne estuaries to the south-east of Colchester. Its name comes from the Old English word ''meresig'', meaning "island of the po ...

from 1867 to 1875. Wigle married Rebecca Hairaine in 1868. He was president of the Leamington and St. Clair Railway and a tobacco buyer for the Empire Tobacco Company. After the death of his first wife in 1898, Wigle married Bertha Smith, the widow of a Doctor Wray. After 1887, he ran unsuccessfully four times for the Essex South seat in the House of Commons and in the 1919 provincial election as an independent Conservative. Wigle served as mayor of Leamington from 1902 to 1904. His daughter Edith married Seger McKay, mayor of Kingsville.

Electoral history

References

External links

* * * *
''Commemorative biographical record of the county of Essex, Ontario ...'' (1905)
1845 births 1934 deaths Canadian Methodists Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Leamington, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub