Patrick George Ryan (May 9, 1838 – October 21, 1906New Brunswick provincial archives
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justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

. In 1862, he married Margaret Murphy. He served on the province's Executive Council as Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works. He was first elected in an 1876 by-election held after

Théotime Blanchard Théotime Blanchard (May 8, 1844 – March 11, 1911) was a teacher, farmer, merchant and politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Gloucester County from 1870 to 1875 and from 1892 to 1894 in the Legislative Assem ...

resigned his seat to become inspector of weights and measures.

References

''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'', JA Gemmill
1838 births 1906 deaths New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs People from Bathurst, New Brunswick Canadian people of Irish descent {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub