David Breakenridge Read was a Canadian lawyer, educator, author, and Mayor of Toronto in 1858. Read was Mayor of Toronto from November 11,1858 to December 31,1858. He served a mere 50 fifty days, thus making him the shortest serving Mayor of that city. Born in Merrickville, Ontario, the sixth child of John Landon Read [1789-??} and Janet Breakenridge [1795-1832]. Read was educated in Brockville, and, at the age of thirteen, was accepted into Toronto's Upper Canada College.

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  • David Breakenridge Read was a Canadian lawyer, educator, author, and Mayor of Toronto in 1858. Read was Mayor of Toronto from November 11,1858 to December 31,1858. He served a mere 50 fifty days, thus making him the shortest serving Mayor of that city. Born in Merrickville, Ontario, the sixth child of John Landon Read [1789-??} and Janet Breakenridge [1795-1832]. Read was educated in Brockville, and, at the age of thirteen, was accepted into Toronto's Upper Canada College. Four years later, 1840, he was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada. Read began his law articles while working for George Sherwood in Brockville. His studies were finished with John Ross in Belleville and then John Willoughby Crawford in Toronto. Read was admitted into the bar in 1845. He then began a law practice which became successful. In 1845 he served as Barrister at Law. He married Emily Ballard, born 1827, daughter of Norman Ballard. The couple had seven children. In November 1855, he was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. The next year,Read was appointed by Attorney General John A. MacDonald to a commission to revise the statutes of Upper Canada. Read served as a junior commissoner and was the commission's secretary. Read was elected Mayor of Toronto on November 11,1858 after his successor, William Henry Boulton, announced his resignation. He served in that post until December 31 of that year, when Adam Wilson was elected to take that post. Read continued to serve in the Law Society until his retirement in April 1881 at the age of 55. In November 1902, at the age of 79, Read suffered a stroke that would leave him bedridden for the final year and half until his death. He died on May 11,1904, and was buried among many of his colleagues in a private funeral at St. James Cemetery in Toronto.
  • David Breakenridge Read war ein kanadischer Rechtsanwalt, Lehrer, Autor und Politiker. Read war für nur 50 Tage der 14. Bürgermeister von Toronto. Es ist die bisher kürzeste Amtszeit eines Bürgermeisters in Toronto. Read wuchs in Brockville auf und zog mit 13 Jahren nach Toronto, wo er das Upper Canada College besuchte. 1840 besuchte er die Law Society of Upper Canada und schrieb anschließend juristische Abhandlungen, während er in Brockville arbeitete. Seine anwaltliche Zulassung erlangte er 1845. Im November 1855 wurde er an die Law Society of Upper Canada als Dozent berufen und im darauffolgenden Jahr gebeten, die Statuten von Oberkanada korrekturzulesen. Read wurde am 11. November 1858 zum Bürgermeister gewählt, als sein Vorgänger William Boulton das Amt aufgab. Er blieb nur wenige Tage bis zum Jahresende im Amt; ihm folgte Adam Wilson. Read blieb bis zu seiner Pensionierung im April 1881 Dozent an der Law Society. Im November 1902 im Alter von 79 Jahren erlitt er einen Schlaganfall, der ihn fortan bettlägerig machte. Er starb im Mai 1904 und wurde im St. -James-Friedhof beigesetzt. David Read war mit Emily Ballard verheiratet, mit der er sieben Kinder hatte.
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  • David Breakenridge Read was a Canadian lawyer, educator, author, and Mayor of Toronto in 1858. Read was Mayor of Toronto from November 11,1858 to December 31,1858. He served a mere 50 fifty days, thus making him the shortest serving Mayor of that city. Born in Merrickville, Ontario, the sixth child of John Landon Read [1789-??} and Janet Breakenridge [1795-1832]. Read was educated in Brockville, and, at the age of thirteen, was accepted into Toronto's Upper Canada College.
  • David Breakenridge Read war ein kanadischer Rechtsanwalt, Lehrer, Autor und Politiker. Read war für nur 50 Tage der 14. Bürgermeister von Toronto. Es ist die bisher kürzeste Amtszeit eines Bürgermeisters in Toronto. Read wuchs in Brockville auf und zog mit 13 Jahren nach Toronto, wo er das Upper Canada College besuchte. 1840 besuchte er die Law Society of Upper Canada und schrieb anschließend juristische Abhandlungen, während er in Brockville arbeitete.
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  • David Breakenridge Read
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