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William Machin Stairs
Born	(1789-01-21)January 21, 1789 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	November 28, 1865(1865-11-28) (aged 76) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Resting place	Camp Hill Cemetery
Education	Halifax Grammar School
Occupation(s)	Merchant, Banker, Politician
Political party	Tory, Reformers
Spouse	Margaret Wiseman
Children	Catherine, Joanna, William J., John George, John, Margaret, Helen, Frances, Anna
Parent	John Stairs & Joanna Stayner

William Machin Stairs, (January 21, 1789 – November 28, 1865) was a merchant, a banker, and a statesman. He was born and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

William Machin Stairs was the son of John Stairs (1749–1797), a native of Grenada who had emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States before moving to Halifax. John Stairs became involved in the shipping business but after some financial difficulties the family returned to Philadelphia in 1793. There, both John Stairs and his wife died and their five children, including the eight-year-old William Machin Stairs, returned to Halifax to be raised by a maternal uncle.

In 1810, Stairs opened a small general store on the Halifax waterfront that marked the beginnings of a business dynasty that endured to 1975. In 1856, he helped found the Union Bank of Halifax. A major shareholder, he served on the bank's board of directors and as the bank's first president.

Stairs was also active in politics, serving as a Member of the Nova Scotia General Assembly from 1841 to 1843, then as mayor of Halifax from 1847 to 1848 and later as a Legislative Councillor. He would become a strong supporter of Joseph Howe in his Anti-Confederation Party movement.

A member of the Glasite Christian church, William Machin Stairs was married to Margaret Wiseman (1793–1850) with whom he had nine children. They are buried together at the Camp Hill Cemetery, in Halifax.

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Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Preceded byThomas Forrester	Member of the Legislature for Halifax 1841-1843 With: James McNab	Succeeded byJames McNab Andrew M. Uniacke

v t e Mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Municipality 1996-present	Fitzgerald Kelly Savage, M Fillmore
Town of Bedford 1979-1996	Cosman Roberts Christie Kelly
County of Halifax Wardens & Mayors 1880-1996	Laurie Archibald Chipman Shatford Wilson Madill Smith Taylor Bishop Smith Madill Brenton Smiley Hopkins Peverill Dowell Leverman Burris Settle Salton MacKenzie Lichter Ball
Town and City of Dartmouth 1873-1996	Symonds Troop Weeks Turner Payzant Stairs Frazee Weston Simmonds Scarfe Oland Sterns Johnson Scarfe Williams Notting Williams Simpson Vidito Mosher McLean Mosher Topple Mosher Isnor Pettipas Morris Akerley Zatsman Thornhill Stubbs Brownlow Savage, J McCluskey
City of Halifax 1841-1996	Binney E. Kenny Williamson Keith Bell MacKinlay Jennings Stairs Hemmeon Pryor Caldwell MacKinlay Keith Pryor Scott Pryor Caldwell Hill Richey Tobin Henry Dunbar Duggan Sinclair Richey Tobin Fraser Mackintosh O'Mullin McPherson Keefe McPherson Stephen Hamilton Crosby MacIlreith Crosby Chisholm Bligh Martin Hawkins Parker Murphy J. B. Kenny Castonguay Ritchie Thompson Cragg Mitchell Donovan Lloyd Butler Ahern Kinley Donahoe Kitz Vaughan Lloyd Vaughan O'Brien Fitzgerald Morris Hanson Wallace Leiper Ducharme Fitzgerald

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