Thomas Bruce McNevin (6 February 1884 – 2 March 1951) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in Ops Township, Ontario and became a farmer by career. McNevin attended public and continuation schools in

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. In Lindsay, he became president of the Farmers Union Insurance Company. He was first elected to Parliament at the Victoria, Ontario riding in the 1935 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there as a

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candidate in

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. He was re-elected in

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then defeated by Clayton Hodgson of the Progressive Conservatives in

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. McNevin was also unsuccessful in unseating Hodgson in

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. McNevin died at

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on 2 March 1951 survived by his wife (Edith Dundas) and two daughters.

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* 1884 births 1951 deaths Canadian farmers Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Kawartha Lakes 20th-century Canadian farmers {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub