William James Scott MD
Inducted In
1972
William James Scott was New Hamburg’s first postmaster from 1851 to 1857, a member of the first council of Wilmot Township for five years, three as reeve, and a member of the first Waterloo County Council.
In 1845 he purchased a lot from the well-known pioneer Absalom Shade, and on this site built a dam, sawmill and flour mill, from which the village of New Hamburg grew. Here, and on property on Bleams Road, Scott erected striking homes of Scottish architecture which are still in use.
He was a founding director of the Agricultural Society of Waterloo County, in 1853 and was an exhibitor of Devon cattle.
In 1858 Scott was elected an Independent Conservative member of the provincial parliament, representing South Waterloo. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4 th Battalion of Waterloo Infantry. Scott donated the site on which Trinity Lutheran Church was built. He later moved to New Zealand.