James Edwin O'Reilly

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James Edwin O'Reilly was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1869, and from 1879 to 1881. He lived from 1833-1907 [1] , and was a lay leader at Christ's Church Cathedral, an Anglican church, by the year 1899. [2] He belonged to a temperance organisation, the Royal Templars of Temperance, but was not an active member. [2]

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