Burr Plato

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

Burr Plato ({{circa|1833}}–1905) was a Canadian political figure.

Of African-American background, he was born into slavery in Logan County, today part of West Virginia.{{cite web|title=Burr Plato|url=http://www.freedomtrail.ca/biographies/Plato.html|publisher=freedomtrail.ca|accessdate=2 May 2019}} Burr succeeded in escaping enslavement and making his way to Canada in 1856 after an arduous journey culminating in a swim to freedom across the Niagara River to Canada West, where he settled.'Black History', [http://www.niagarafallsmuseum.ca/blackhistory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915105612/http://www.niagarafallsmuseum.ca/blackhistory.html |date=2008-09-15 }}, With a reputation locally in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for honesty in business affairs, Plato became a prominent property owner and served from 1886 to 1901 in Niagara Falls as an elected councillor.

Plato died in 1905.