Thomas Bruce McNevin (6 February 1884 – 2 March 1951) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Ops Township, Ontario and became a farmer by career.
Bruce McNevin | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Victoria | |
| In office October 1935 – June 1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Bruce McNevin 6 February 1884 Ops Township, Ontario |
| Died | 2 March 1951 (aged 67) Omemee, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Dundas m. 22 December 1909[1] |
| Profession | farmer |
McNevin attended public and continuation schools in Victoria County, Ontario. In Lindsay, he became president of the Farmers Union Insurance Company.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Victoria, Ontario riding in the 1935 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there as a Progressive party candidate in 1925. He was re-elected in 1940 then defeated by Clayton Hodgson of the Progressive Conservatives in 1945. McNevin was also unsuccessful in unseating Hodgson in 1949.
McNevin died at Omemee, Ontario on 2 March 1951 survived by his wife (Edith Dundas) and two daughters.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ "Deaths". The Globe and Mail. 3 March 1951. p. 22.
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