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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
[edit]| 1879 Ontario general election: Ottawa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- ↑ "An Ex-M.P.P. Dead". Waterloo Region Record. 3 July 1901. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Rose, Geo. Maclean, ed. (1886). A Cyclopæedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. Toronto: Rose Publishing Co. p. 752.
- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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