Everything about William Henry Draper totally explained
William Henry Draper (
March 11 1801 –
November 3 1877) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in
Upper Canada and
Canada West.
He was born near
London,
England in 1801 and ran away to sea at age 15. In 1820, he settled in
Hamilton Township in Upper Canada. He moved to
Port Hope, studied law and was called to the bar in 1828. In 1829, he secured a position in the office of
John Beverley Robinson and then partnered with
Christopher Alexander Hagerman, then solicitor general. He was elected to the
13th Parliament of Upper Canada representing
Toronto in 1836. Later that year, he was appointed to the
Executive Council and became solicitor general the following year. Draper handled many of the prosecutions following the
Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. In 1840, he became attorney general for Upper Canada.
Draper supported the union of Upper and
Lower Canada on economic grounds and also believed that, because the British government favoured the union, that it would be better to participate in the process than to criticize from the sidelines. He was elected to the 1st Parliament of the United Canadas and continued as attorney general for Canada West and a member of the Executive Council. Although his attempts to establish a conservative alliance failed, Draper played an important role in developing a coalition between
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and
Robert Baldwin in 1842. Following the next election, he was essentially leading the government from 1844 to 1847. During this period, legislation was passed dealing with schools in both Canada East and Canada West, although Draper's attempt to establish a University of Upper Canada failed. Draper helped
John A. Macdonald gain recognition, when he named him to a cabinet post. In 1847, with the arrival of
Lord Elgin, Draper resigned from the position of attorney general.
In 1856, he became chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Upper Canada and, in 1869, he became chief justice of the Court of Error and Appeal in
Ontario. He died in
Yorkville, Toronto in 1877. He was married to Mary White in 1827 with whom he'd several children, including William George Draper and
Francis Collier Draper, both well known lawyers.
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