William Lyon Mackenzie - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

• William Lyon Mackenzie was the grandfather of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's Prime Minister during World War II and its longest serving Prime Minister.
• William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, a Toronto high school was named for him. Their mascot is a "Lyon".
• Toronto Fire Services fire boat William Lyon Mackenzie (fireboat) is also named in his honour.
• Mackenzie's early 19th century home in Queenston, Ontario has been restored and is now the Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum. The museum includes a working mid 19th century printing shop, and features displays of printing equipment and technology ranging over a 500 year period. The museum is operated by the Niagara Parks Commission.
• "The Rebel Mayor", a Twitter account which posted satirical comments on various candidates in Toronto's 2010 mayoral election, was written in the persona and voice of Mackenzie. The feed was eventually revealed to have been written by Shawn Micallef, a journalist for the publications Eye Weekly and Spacing.