John Henry Devitt (February 1, 1851 – June 14, 1940) was an
Ontario
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political figure. He represented
Durham West
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in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1905 to 1919 as a
Conservative
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member.
Biography
He was born in
Cartwright Township,
Canada West
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, the son of Thomas Devitt and Jane McKee. He was a member of the township council from 1882 to 1890, serving as reeve in 1896 and country warden in 1899. He married Elizabeth Watson on June 1, 1881. He was a prominent member in the
Orange Order
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. He died in 1940 and was buried at St. John's Cemetery in Blackstock.
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References
External links
''Cartwright Revisited, 1983'', D Van Camp*
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1851 births
1940 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs