James Ferrier was a Scottish

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-Canadian

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 politician

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Biography

Born in Fife

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, Scotland

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, he emigrated to Canada

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 in 1821 and established himself in Montreal, Quebec

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 as a successful Scots-Quebecer

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 merchant.

He served as the fourth mayor of Montreal

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 from 1845 to 1846 and Councillor

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 of that city from 1841 to 1848. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate

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 by Royal Proclamation on 23 October 1867 following the Canadian Confederation

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 of 1867. He sat with the Conservative

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 group and represented the Senatorial Division of Shawinigan until his death in 1888.

He is commemorated by Ferrier Street in northwestern Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal.