Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - James Lesslie (Nuwamba 22, 1802 <unk> Afrilu 19, 1885) ya kasance mai sayar da littattafai na Ontario, ɗan siyasa mai gyara da kuma mai buga jarida. Aikinsa yana da alaƙa sosai da - kuma wani ɗan inuwa da - William Lyon Mackenzie, mai kawo canji, magajin garin Toronto, da Tawaye
shugaba. Koyaya, a matsayin jagora da kansa, Lesslie ya taka rawar gani wajen kafa Cibiyar Injiniya (na ilimin manya), Gidan Mafaka da Masana'antu (mafaka ga marasa aikin yi), Bankin Jama'a, da kuma jam'iyyun siyasa da aka sani da Allianceungiyar Allianceungiyar Kanada da Clear Grits. A hanyoyi da yawa, ya bayyana motsi na Gyara a Upper Canada ba tare da komawa ga hanyoyin tashin hankali na Mackenzie ba. Saboda haka, wataƙila ya bar tarihi na dogon lokaci.