Joseph O'Connell Ryan (December 18, 1841 – July 26, 1938) was a

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and

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. Born in Dunnville, Canada West, the son of John O'Connell and the former Miss Ryan, he was educated at Regiopolis College; he adopted his mother's surname. In 1868, he married Mary Helena Macmanamin. He was editor of the ''British American'' in

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in 1870. Ryan was called to the Ontario bar in 1869 and to the Manitoba bar in 1872. He practised law in Portage la Prairie. He was elected to the

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as a Member of the Liberal Party in an

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by-election to represent the riding of Marquette after losing the

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earlier that year to Robert Cunningham. He was acclaimed in a by-election in

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. From 1882 to 1916, Ryan was judge in the County Court for the Central Judicial District in Manitoba. He died in

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at the age of 96.

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1841 births 1938 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Judges in Manitoba {{Manitoba-politician-stub