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William Higgins (high constable)

William Higgins
High Bailiff of the Toronto Police Department
In office
1834–1834
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGeorge Kingsmill
High Constable of the Home District
In office
1826–1834
Succeeded byPosition abolished

William Higgins was the first high constable of the Toronto Police Department, appointed as High Bailiff after Toronto's incorporation in 1834.

Higgins was appointed High Constable of the Home District in 1826, a position that included being inspector of police for York, Upper Canada at a salary of £40 a year. When the city of Toronto was incorporated in 1834, the new city council unanimously appointed Higgins as High Bailiff, including the responsibility of being city inspector, with a salary of £125 a year while remaining High Constable (as well as the only constable) for the region.[1][2][3]

Higgins' term ended in scandal when he was implicated in the death of a man during election day anti-Tory rioting by largely disenfranchised Irish Catholic minority which was put down by a party of Protestant Orangemen, led by Higgins. Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, in his role as chief magistrate, held a police court investigation and laid charges against Higgins. He was exonerated by the grand jury in April 1835 but, by that point city council had already chosen not to reappoint him.[4][5]

He was subsequently appointed High Constable of York County and served for many years.[6]

References

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  3. ^ Filey, M. (2008). Toronto: The Way We Were. Dundurn. p. 41. ISBN 9781459703087. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  4. ^ "William Lyon Mackenzie and the Founding of Toronto". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Biography – SULLIVAN, DANIEL – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". biographi.ca. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  6. ^ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Read the eBook Landmarks of Canada. What art has done for Canadian history; a guide to the J. Ross Robertson historical collection in the Public reference library, Toronto, Canada. This catalogue of the by Toronto Public Libraries online for free (page 23 of 89)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2014-10-05.

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