Lewis Wigle

Lewis Wigle
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Essex South
In office 1882–1887
Preceded by	District was created in 1882
Succeeded by	James Brien
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Essex South
In office 1875–1882
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	William Balfour
Personal details
Born	(1845-03-10)March 10, 1845 Gosfield Township, Canada West
Died
Political party	Conservative

Lewis Wigle (March 10, 1845 – July 30, 1934) was an Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure. He represented Essex South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1882 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Gosfield Township, Essex County, Canada West in 1845, the son of Solomon Wigle. He owned a general store at Leamington and served as reeve of Mersea from 1867 to 1875. Wigle married Rebecca Hairaine in 1868. He was president of the Leamington and St. Clair Railway and a tobacco buyer for the Empire Tobacco Company. After the death of his first wife in 1898, Wigle married Bertha Smith, the widow of a Doctor Wray. After 1887, he ran unsuccessfully four times for the Essex South seat in the House of Commons. Wigle served as mayor of Leamington from 1902 to 1904.

His daughter Edith married Seger McKay, mayor of Kingsville.

References

• Lewis Wigle – Parliament of Canada biography
• The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1877 CH Mackintosh
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History

• A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time GM Rose (1886)
• Commemorative biographical record of the county of Essex, Ontario ... (1905)