Division of the C.P.R. With the completion of the railway, he moved on, to the West Coast, where he made the decision to stay in Granville. He registered with the Medical Council of B.C. on 24 August 1886. By 1888 he and his brother Thomas had been joined in Vancouver by a third brother, James McGuigan. Dr. William McGuigan never married. Dr. McGuigan's personal achievements in Vancouver are impressive. He was elected in the Medical Council of B.C. in 1887. In his profession, he served as Coroner, Medical Inspector of Indians, President of the Vancouver Medical Association, Secretary of the B.C. Medical Association and President of the B.C. Council of Physicians and Surgeons (1889). His civic contributions were many and varied. He was at one time President of the High School Board, a School Trustee, Chairman of the Free Library Board, and President of the Harrison Mining Co. He was an accomplished linguist, speaking French, German, Italian, Greek, and Spanish. He was a frequent contributor to the press on questions of the day and was a good speaker as well as vigorous writer. He served as an Alderman of the City of Vancouver from 1898 to 1903 and as Mayor of Vancouver in 1904. In 1903, just 5 years before his death, the "Vancouver World" described him as the "most titled man in Vancouver'. Dr. McGuigan died in St. Paul's Hospital, which we had helped to found, after being hospitalized there for two years. He is buried in the McGuigan family plot at Mountain View Cemetery.
Division of the C.P.R. With the completion of the railway, he moved on, to the West Coast, where he made the decision to stay in Granville. He registered with the Medical Council of B.C. on 24 August 1886. By 1888 he and his brother Thomas had been joined in Vancouver by a third brother, James McGuigan. Dr. William McGuigan never married. Dr. McGuigan's personal achievements in Vancouver are impressive. He was elected in the Medical Council of B.C. in 1887. In his profession, he served as Coroner, Medical Inspector of Indians, President of the Vancouver Medical Association, Secretary of the B.C. Medical Association and President of the B.C. Council of Physicians and Surgeons (1889). His civic contributions were many and varied. He was at one time President of the High School Board, a School Trustee, Chairman of the Free Library Board, and President of the Harrison Mining Co. He was an accomplished linguist, speaking French, German, Italian, Greek, and Spanish. He was a frequent contributor to the press on questions of the day and was a good speaker as well as vigorous writer. He served as an Alderman of the City of Vancouver from 1898 to 1903 and as Mayor of Vancouver in 1904. In 1903, just 5 years before his death, the "Vancouver World" described him as the "most titled man in Vancouver'. Dr. McGuigan died in St. Paul's Hospital, which we had helped to found, after being hospitalized there for two years. He is buried in the McGuigan family plot at Mountain View Cemetery.
Bio by: Kathleen Giusti
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