Dennis James O'Connor (January 27, 1886 – November 26, 1946) was a Quebec politician. An

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, O'Connor was born in

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to farmer Andrew O'Connor and his wife, Mary Walsh. He studied agriculture at

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and engineering through

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. O'Connor worked as a farmer and was also involved with O'Connor Brothers, his family's road construction firm, and owned and operated a

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. He became president of the chamber of commerce in

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and served as an

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on the

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from 1917 to 1922 and as mayor of Huntingdon from 1922 to 1931. He then served as chairman of the

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from 1937 to 1946. O'Connor was elected to the House of Commons of Canada by

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as the

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MP for

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in a January 27, 1930

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but lost the seat in the 1930 federal election, held six months later, losing by fewer than 500 votes to

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John Clarke Moore. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as the Quebec Liberal Party MLA for

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in a 1941 by-election and was re-elected in 1944 provincial election. O'Connor died in office in 1946 at the age of 60.

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* * Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec people of Irish descent Anglophone Quebec people 1886 births 1946 deaths People from Montérégie McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni {{Quebec-mayor-stub