caption death_date death_place predecessor successor imagesize office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
william borthwick in 1898 october 17 , 1928 ottawa george cox samuel bingham 150 mayor of ottawa february 13 , 1848 1895 william borthwick.jpg william borthwick -lrb- mayor -rrb-
 1896 william borthwick
william borthwick -lrb- mayor -rrb-

william borthwick -lrb- february 13 , 1848 -- october 17 , 1928 -rrb- was mayor of ottawa from 1895 to 1896 .
he was born near mer bleue in gloucester township in 1848 .
he went to california in 1868 and worked in the timber trade there .
he returned to ottawa in 1872 and opened a grocery store .
he was first elected as an alderman in 1887 .
he died in 1928 of pneumonia and was buried in beechwood cemetery .
