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John Meahan (May 1, 1806 – August 14, 1902) was an Irish-born shipbuilder and political figure in
New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. He represented
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in the
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from 1862 to 1870. He was born in
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,
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, the son of James Meahan and Sarah McTaggart, and came to New Brunswick in 1833. In 1841, he married Mary Donnelly. Meahan established in Bathurst a shipbuilding business which built four ships, two barques, two brigs and two brigantines, which were among the largest ships built in Gloucester County. Meahan was opposed to New Brunswick becoming part of Canada. In 1867, he was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons.


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1806 births 1902 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Colony of New Brunswick people Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub