Joseph Wesley St. John (July 17, 1854
[ – April 7, 1907) was speaker of the Legislature of ]Ontario
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from 1905 to 1907 and served as Conservative MLA for York West
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from 1894 to 1898 and from 1902 to 1907.Brock Township Brock may refer to:
Businesses
* Brock Motors, a short-lived automotive company founded in 1921 in Amherstberg, Ontario
* Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls – Fallsview also known as the Brock Hotel, a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario
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, Canada West in 1854, the son of James St. John, and educated at Victoria University in Cobourg
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. He studied law, was called to the bar in 1894 and set up practice in Toronto, Ontario
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.[''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1905'', AJ Magurn] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1898 but was reelected in 1902.[ St. John also served in the Senate for the ]University of Toronto
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.[ He died in office in 1907.]
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1854 births
1907 deaths
Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Canadian Methodists
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