declared his intention to run in the same seat. McIntosh refused to quit the race so his reform colleague could be more easily elected and did not attend the election hustings in Newmarket. Baldwin won the election without opposition. Baldwin was also elected in Hastings, so a by-election was called in the riding and McIntosh stood as a candidate again. He attended the hustings but was defeated by Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine in a vote of 186-52. In 1849, he allowed William Lyon Mackenzie to stay at his home upon Mackenzie's return to Toronto. That evening a mob assembled at the McIntosh property and burned an effigy of Mackenzie. McIntosh asked the Toronto City Council for help protecting him and his property. Many city councilors suggested that McIntosh should ask Mackenzie to leave his home, and the council passed a declaration saying the people would only be rioting at McIntosh's home if they were "deeply insulted" over the situation. Reformers encouraged McIntosh to run in the 1851 provincial election in the 4th riding of York, but McIntosh decided to support the Reform candidate Joseph Hartman. McIntosh was ill in the last years of his life, limiting his political activities. He died in Toronto on July 3, 1853. Philosophy and views McIntosh was a reformer, a philosophy he obtained from his father. He supported William Lyon Mackenzie's political career but did not agree with Mackenzie's radical ideas. He supported incremental improvements to policies and was considered a moderate reformer by his contemporaries. He opposed the union of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. McIntosh was a Presbyterian. References Works cited Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada People from Perth and Kinross People from Toronto Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario 1796 births 1853 deaths Immigrants to Lower Canada Immigrants to Upper Canada