Joseph Patrick Downey (January 17, 1865 – 1926) was an Ontario journalist and political figure. He represented

Wellington South Wellington South was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 as the "South Riding o ...

in the

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from 1902 to 1911 as a Conservative member. He was born in Puslinch Township, Canada West, the son of Patrick Downey. He served as editor for the ''Guelph Herald'' from 1885 to 1907. Downey married Ellen Josephine Coghlan in 1893. In 1910, he was appointed superintendent for the Ontario Asylum for Idiots (later the

Huronia Regional Centre The Huronia Regional Centre (previously the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, and initially the Orillia Asylum for Idiots) was an institution for developmentally disabled children operated by the government of Ontario, Canada between 1876 and 2009. ...

). Downey died in

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in 1926.

References

*''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1910'', EJ Chambers

External links

Orillia Museum of Art and History: July 2007 newsletter
(pdf)
''Memories of Mount Forest and surrounding townships ...'', AW Wright (1928)Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
1865 births 1926 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs People from Wellington County, Ontario Canadian newspaper editors Canadian male journalists {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub