Patrick Baskerville
Patrick Baskerville (born c. 1829 – June 29, 1901)[1] was an Irish-born Canadian businessman and political figure in Ontario. He represented the riding of Ottawa in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1886 as a Conservative member.
Baskerville was born in Ballyrusheen, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1829, the son of George Baskerville, a farmer, and emigrated to Bytown with his family in 1847. Baskerville worked at farming and the timber trade, before becoming a clerk with the Bytown and Prescott Railway in 1854. In 1862, he became a merchant, selling groceries. His three brothers joined the business as partners in 1870.
Electoral history
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Patrick Baskerville | 1,064 | 39.72 | +8.26 | ||||
Independent | George Samuel May | 1,000 | 37.33 | |||||
Liberal | Daniel John O'Donoghue | 606 | 22.62 | −45.93 | ||||
Independent | Mr. St. Jean | 5 | 0.19 | |||||
Independent | W.D. O'Keefe | 4 | 0.15 | |||||
Total valid votes | 2,679 | 47.99 | −6.26 | |||||
Eligible voters | 5,582 | |||||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.26 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
References
External links
- A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ..., GM Rose (1886)
- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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