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ELGIN MYERS
[Welland Telegraph, 22 October 1903]
Word was received here last week of the death of Elgin Myers, K.C., formerly of Toronto and Orangeville and practicing for several years past at Sault Ste. Marie. He died suddenly at the Soo on Saturday. Mr. Myers was the youngest son of the late Henry Myers, J.P. of Ancaster township, Wentworth county. He was born on April 3, 1855, and was educated at the Mount Pleasant high school. He was called to the bar in 1877, and began his practice at Orangeville, also having an office in Toronto. In 1890, he was created a Q.C. by the Ontario Government, and the following year was appointed County Crown Attorney of Dufferin. In the Dominion election of 1890 he unsuccessfully contested the riding of Cardwell in the Liberal interest, being defeated by Mr. R.S. White. In 1842 Mr. Myers incurred the disfavor of Sir Oliver Mowat, who was then Premier, by his active advocacy of the doctrine of annexation, and he relinquished his office as County Crown Attorney. He was a good speaker and a facile writer, and wrote considerably on public questions for newspapers and magazines in Canada and the United States. Mr. Myers was an adherent of the Presbyterian church, and, and had held several high official positions in connection with that body. A widow, two sons and two daughters are left to mourn his loss and these have the sympathy of many Welland friends. The daughters are: Muriel, living in Ridgeway, and Marion, living with her mother and brother, Elgin, in Toronto. A son Garfield, is also living in the west. County Crown Attorney T.D. Cowper if a brother-in-law of the deceased. The funeral, which was private, was held at Orangeville on Monday.
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