Francis Cassidy
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Mayor Francis Cassidy | |
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| 14th Mayor of Montreal | |
| In office February 1873 – June 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Charles-Joseph Coursol |
| Succeeded by | Aldis Bernard |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Ouest | |
| In office 1871–1873 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Walker Ogilvie |
| Succeeded by | John Wait McGauvran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1827 Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan, Lower Canada |
| Died | 14 June 1873 (aged 46) Montreal, Quebec |
| Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
| Profession | lawyer |
Francis Cassidy, QC (17 January 1827 – 14 June 1873) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec for three months in 1873, until his term was cut short by death.
Early life and career[edit]
Cassidy was born at Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan, in what is today Quebec's Montcalm Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Despite spending childhood in a poor family, he attended Collège de l’Assomption with the support of Abbé Étienne Normandin. He began legal studies in Montreal, formally becoming a lawyer on 18 August 1848. After developing a distinguished legal career, he was designated Queen's Counsel on 5 August 1863.
He was a founder of the Institut canadien de Montréal and served as its president between 1849 and 1850 and again between 1857 and 1858. From 1871 to 1873, he served as a Conservative member for Montréal-Ouest riding during the first portion of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
Death[edit]
Just months after becoming Montreal's uncontested mayor in February 1873, Cassidy died in office that June. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1] He never married.
References[edit]
- ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
External links[edit]
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- "Francis Cassidy". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Francis Cassidy at City of Montreal
- (in French) Les archives de Radio-Canada: Francis Cassidy, maire de Montréal (2 November 1948)
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