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'''Robert Kerr Chisholm''' (May 26, 1819 &ndash; February 27, 1899) was a political figure in [[Oakville, Ontario]], serving as mayor in 1866.<br />
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He was born in [[Nelson, Ontario|Nelson Township]] in [[Upper Canada]] in 1819, the son of [[William Chisholm (Upper Canada)|William Chisholm]],<ref name="Brown2010">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Ron|title=From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xt0d-ljV0fAC&pg=PA77|accessdate=13 September 2012|date=2010-05-31|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=9781459704787|page=77}}</ref> and was educated in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]. Chisholm served as reeve of [[Trafalgar Township, Ontario|Trafalgar Township]] in 1854 and 1856 and served on the Oakville town council from 1857 to 1871 and 1879 to 1880. He also served as customs collector and postmaster in Oakville after his father's death in 1842; until that time, he had assisted his father with both of these functions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oakville.ca/museum/founders-of-oakville.html|title=Founders of Oakville|work=oakville.ca|publisher=Town of Oakville|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728190602/http://www.oakville.ca/museum/founders-of-oakville.html|url-status=live|archivedate=28 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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He died in Oakville in 1899.<br />
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His brother [[George King Chisholm|George King]] served in the Legislative Assembly of the province and was the first mayor of Oakville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=4896|title=Biography – CHISHOLM, GEORGE KING – Volume X (1871-1880)|last=Mathews|first=Hazel C.|work=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810010125/http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=4896|url-status=live|archivedate=10 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of mayors of Oakville, Ontario]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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