Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe (1752 - 1806)

John Graves Simcoe served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (later Ontario) from 1791 to 1796. He founded the Legislature at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), later moving it to York (Toronto). During his brief stay in the new colony, he established the court system, abolished slavery, and opened settlement to areas north of York (Toronto) by building Yonge Street. Walter Allward created this sculpture in 1903.