death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date image article_title name occupation
february 26 , 1872 ottawa , ontario brompton , london , england 200px october 2 , 1801 alfred waddington.gif alfred waddington
 alfred waddington politician , author , businessman
alfred waddington

alfred penderell waddington -lrb- october 2 , 1801 in the brompton , kensington , district of london , england -- february 26 , 1872 in ottawa , ontario -rrb- , during his later years , was actively involved in the colony of vancouver island in what later became the province of british columbia , canada .
from 1860 to 1861 he was a representative of the victoria district in the house of assembly of the colony of vancouver island .
he was also the first colonial superintendent of education from 1865 to 1867 and was an advocate of free public education .
waddington is also remembered for planning the ill-fated waddington 's road at bute inlet .
the road was intended to be a shorter route to the cariboo gold rush goldfields and was intended to run from the pacific coast via bute inlet to fort alexandria , but instead resulted in the tragedy of the chilcotin war .
