Robert Lyon (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian judge and politician
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About Robert Lyon (politician)
- Robert Lyon (1832? - March 21, 1888) was a judge and politician in the County of Carleton in eastern Ontario.
- He was mayor of Ottawa in 1867 and a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1871.His father, George Lyon, was a Scottish captain in the British army, who settled in Richmond, Ontario.
- His oldest brother was George Byron Lyon, another mayor of Ottawa. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1853.
- He began practicing law in Ottawa in 1856.
- He became an alderman and later mayor.
- Lyon also represented Carleton in the Ontario legislature from 1867 to 1871.
- He was named a judge for Carleton County in 1873.
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