"Liberal" position when opposing the provincial government. Cornish was elected as an alderman to the municipal council of Winnipeg in 1878. He was also planning to run for re-election to the provincial legislature, but died from cancer of the stomach in November. In his history of Manitoba's legal system, Bruce MacFarlane describes Cornish as "by most accounts a brash and rude man, but extremely intelligent. Best known as the first mayor of Winnipeg, he was also decidedly anti-Catholic, anti-Métis and especially anti-Riel". References External links Manitoba History - Francis Evans Cornish 1831 births 1878 deaths Burials at Brookside Cemetery (Winnipeg) Mayors of London, Ontario Mayors of Winnipeg Pre-Confederation Ontario people Deaths from stomach cancer Deaths from cancer in Manitoba Canadian people convicted of assault