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| '''Samuel Harrison''' | |||
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| {{Infobox President | |||
| | name = William Henry Draper | |||
| | image = | |||
| | caption = The Hon. William Henry Draper | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date|1802|3|4|mf=y}} | |||
| | birth_place = ] | |||
| | death_date = ], ] | |||
| | death_place = ] | |||
| | order = 1st ] | |||
| | term_start = 1841 | |||
| | term_end = 1842 | |||
| | predecessor = none | |||
| | successor = ] | |||
| | party = ] | |||
| | religion = | |||
| | profession = farmer, mill owner | |||
| | spouse = | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Samuel Bealey Harrison''' (] ] – ] ]) was ] for ] from ] to ] with ] PM for ]. Draper was a member of the ] and Harrison was a moderate ], the predecessor of the ]. | |||
| Born in ] ] to John and Mary Harrison, Harrison was a lawyer, miller, politician, and judge. He was called to the bar in 1832 and entered practice in ]. Because of ill health, he retired to ] near ] in 1837, intending to become a gentleman farmer. He also built a ] and ] on his property. In 1839, he was called to the bar in Upper Canada and was appointed a justice of the peace in the following year. | |||
| In 1841, ] appointed him provincial secretary for Canada West in the Executive Council of the ]. He was elected to the ] in ] and served as government leader with ]. In 1842, he was appointed to the Board of Works which was responsible for the building and improvement of ]s within the province. Harrison was responsible for drafting and introducing the Common Schools Bill and the District Councils Bill which established elected municipal government in Canada West. Harrison introduced amendments which watered down ]'s resolutions calling for responsible government to make them acceptable to Sydenham. However, it was Harrison who recommended to Sydenham's successor, Sir ], that Baldwin and ] be invited to form the next government. Harrison served as provincial secretary in the new administration but resigned in 1843 to protest the movement of the capital from Kingston to ]. He was elected again to the assembly in ] in 1844 but resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment as judge of the Surrogate Court for the ]. He served in that position for 22 years, continuing in the court for ] after the district was abolished. He was named to the Board of Education for Canada West and also served in the Senate for the ]. | |||
| Harrison died in ] shortly after Confederation. | |||
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Samuel Harrison
i r guy... who g0n t33ch you les0n!