Author Lighthall William Douw

William Douw Lighthall (December 27, 1857 – August 3, 1954) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and poet. Born in Hamilton, Canada West, the son William Francis Schuyler Lighthall and Margaret Wright, Lighthall attended McGill University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1879, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1881, and a Master of Arts degree in 1885. He practiced law with the firm of Cahan, Lighthall, Lighthall and Henry and his own firm of Lighthall & Harwood. A member of the city council of Westmount, Quebec, he was mayor from 1900 to 1903. He helped found the Union of Canadian Municipalities (now called Federation of Canadian Municipalities) in 1901.[1] A poet, his works, Old Measures: Collected Verse, were published in 1922. He also wrote novels, The Young Seigneur; or Nation-Making. A Romance in 1888 (written as Wilfrid Châteauclair), The False Chevalier or The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette in 1898, Hiawatha the Hochelagan in 1906 and The Master of Life. A Romance of