Robert Lyon (politician)

Robert Lyon
Mayor of Ottawa
In office
1867–1867
Preceded by Moss Kent Dickinson
Succeeded by Henry J. Friel
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office
1867–1871
Personal details
Born July 6, 1829
Died March 21, 1888(1888-03-21) (aged 58)
Ottawa, Ontario
Political party Liberal

Robert Lyon (July 6, 1829 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.[1]

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.

References

  1. Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)
Preceded by
Moss Kent Dickinson
Mayor of Ottawa
1867
Succeeded by
Henry J. Friel
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