Richard Lewis (Canadian politician)
Former Mayor of Victoria
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Richard Lewis (1824 – January 1875) was the sixth mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, for one term in 1872.[1]
Richard Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia | |
| In office 1872–1872 | |
| Preceded by | William John Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | James E. McMillan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Profession | architect |
Lewis arrived in the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1858 from San Francisco. He was an architect by training, but started an undertaking business because of a lack of work for architects in the city's early days.
He served as an alderman on the first city council in 1862.
In the 1870s, Lewis returned to architecture, and designed the Masonic Temple[2] and the Lascelles building[3] at Government and Fort Streets.
