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William Borthwick (February 13 1848 – October 17 1928) was mayor of Ottawa from 1895 to 1896.He was born near Mer Bleue in Gloucester Township in 1848. He went to California in 1868 and worked in the timber trade there. He returned to Ottawa in 1872 and opened a grocery store. He was first elected as an alderman in 1887.He died in 1928 of pneumonia and was buried in Beechwood Cemetery.
