Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi a Nelson Township a Upper Canada a 1814, ɗan William Chisholm. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Upper Canada kuma ya koma Hamilton, daga baya ya zauna a Oakville. Ya yi aiki a cikin 'yan bindigar Gore a lokacin da ake tawaye a Upper Canada da kuma
'Yan Fenian sun kai hari. Chisholm ya yi aiki a matsayin reeve na Trafalgar Township daga 1830 zuwa 1852. A cikin 1841, an nada shi sarjan-a-makamai don Majalisar Dokoki ta lardin Kanada. A cikin 1849, ya ji rauni a lokacin tarzoma lokacin da aka zartar da Dokar Asarar Tawaye. Ya yi murabus a shekara ta 1854 kuma an zabe shi don wakiltar Halton a majalisar dokoki. An zabe shi a matsayin magajin gari na farko na Oakville a shekara ta 1857, yana aiki har zuwa 1862; ya sake yin wani lokaci a 1873.