Francis Lawrence Connors (November 14, 1891 - March 31, 1964), also known as Frank Connors, was a

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and

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, Canada. He was a

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member to the

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from 1935 to 1942 and was a member in both

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governments.

Biography

Francis Lawrence Connors was born in

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, the son of Edward John Connors and Esther Moylan. He studied at the universities of

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and

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. He married Irène O'Connell in St. Patrick church in

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June 8, 1921. He exercised his profession of pharmacist-chemist in Montreal. Connors was elected as a Liberal Party member to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the electoral district of

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in the Quebec general election of November 25, 1935. June 27, 1936, premier

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appointed him as a

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in his first government. In the Quebec general election of August 17, 1936, Connors was reelected in his district, but the Liberal Party lost power to the Union nationale. Connors was reelected in the Quebec general election of October 25, 1939, and the Liberal Party was back in power. On November 8, 1939, Godbout appointed him as a minister without portfolio in his second government. On January 14, 1942, his seat in the Legislative Assembly became vacant when Connors was appointed to the

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, for the division of Mille-Isles. He died in office March 31, 1964, in

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. He was buried in

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run a ...

in Montreal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Connors, Francis Lawrence Canadian pharmacists Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Quebec Liberal Party MLCs 1891 births 1964 deaths Politicians from Ottawa Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery