Capital Facts: The one Ottawa mayor with a special distinction

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In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.

Sir Richard William Scott, mayor of Ottawa for only one year in 1852, is the only mayor of the city to be knighted.

— Rachel Dale

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