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Robert Alexander Mulholland (May 16, 1860 – October 1, 1927) was an
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businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the
Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...
from 1918 to 1926. He was born in
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, Canada West in 1860, the son of
Robert Mulholland Robert Mulholland (October 13, 1838 – February 21, 1917) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Northumberland West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1886. He was born n ...
. In 1887, he married Mary Juliet Craick. He managed a branch at Port Hope of the hardware and grocery business established by his father and Peter Brown. Mulholland served as mayor of Port Hope from 1910 to 1912. He was president of the Port Hope Gas Company and was chairman of the Port Hope Harbour Commission. He was named to the Senate by
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in 1918 and died in office in 1927.


References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1919'' EJ Chambers


External links

* 1860 births 1927 deaths Canadian senators from Ontario Mayors of Port Hope, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub