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Charles Todd Gillmor
Charles Todd Gillmor
Born	about 1819; Sligo, Ireland
Died	1891 (aged 71–72); Toronto
Nationality	United Kingdom/Canada
Occupation(s)	soldier, civil servant
Known for	Clerk of the legislature

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Charles Todd Gillmor was an Irish-Canadian army officer and civil servant.^[1] He was born in Sligo, Ireland, around 1819. He served in the militia in Ireland, and was married there, in 1854, but was listed as a widower, when he immigrated to Canada in 1861.

Gillmor joined the Canadian militia after he arrived in Canada, being appointed an ensign, 1863, appointed Captain in 1864, Major in June 1865, and appointed to command the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in November 1865.^[1] On June 2, 1866, he lead his battalion during the Battle of Ridgeway, against the Fenians.

Gillmor was the second commanding officer of the Queen's Own Rifles. He commanded the battalion until 1875.^[1]^[2]

Gillmor also served as Clerk of Ontario legislature from 1867 until 1891.^[1] While Clerk Gillmor received a request from the Speaker of the House that he locate a Christian minister to lead the House in prayer, at the opening of every session.^[3] Gillmor declined, and the Speaker himself searched for someone to lead that introductory prayer.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "GILLMOR, CHARLES TODD". Queen's Own Rifles. Retrieved 2018-11-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Patrick Richard Carstens (2013). "The Republic of Canada Almost". Xlibris Corporation. p. 396. ISBN 9781479749171. Retrieved 2018-11-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Charles Clark (1906). "Sixty years in Upper Canada: with autobiographical recollections" (PDF). William Briggs Publishing. p. 221. Retrieved 2018-11-05. This daily reading of prayers by some clergyman of the city was maintained for one session, but discontinued in consequence of the difficulty of finding some clerical gentleman for each succeeding opening of the House. I recollect that I had the honor of first occupying the position of lay-reader when I was elected Speaker. My predecessor had conscientious scruples, the then Clerk of the House, Col. Gillmor, was disinclined, and at the request of the Premier, Sir Oliver Mowat, I consented to act, and those who have followed me in the office of Speaker have pursued the same course. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[qormuseumBioGillmor-1] "GILLMOR, CHARLES TODD". Queen's Own Rifles. Retrieved 2018-11-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[RepublicAlmost-2] Patrick Richard Carstens (2013). "The Republic of Canada Almost". Xlibris Corporation. p. 396. ISBN 9781479749171. Retrieved 2018-11-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[SixtyYears-3] Charles Clark (1906). "Sixty years in Upper Canada: with autobiographical recollections" (PDF). William Briggs Publishing. p. 221. Retrieved 2018-11-05. This daily reading of prayers by some clergyman of the city was maintained for one session, but discontinued in consequence of the difficulty of finding some clerical gentleman for each succeeding opening of the House. I recollect that I had the honor of first occupying the position of lay-reader when I was elected Speaker. My predecessor had conscientious scruples, the then Clerk of the House, Col. Gillmor, was disinclined, and at the request of the Premier, Sir Oliver Mowat, I consented to act, and those who have followed me in the office of Speaker have pursued the same course. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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