William Pate Mulock, (July 8, 1897 – August 25, 1954) was a

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politician.

Biography

William Pate Mulock was born in

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, Canada, to William Mulock and Ethel Pate. Again, William Pate MULOCK's obituary n page 4 of Toronto Star, 26 August 1954sent via "Newmarket" clearly indicates his parentage: "....Hon. William P. Mulock, 57, former post-master general and a grandson of the late Sir William Mulock, died yesterday at his farm home near here following a heart attack".. {history of his career follows in obituary.]..."Born in Toronto , a son of the late William and Ethel Mulock"..."Col.Mulock served as an artillery officer" in WW1, "demobilized in 1919", ..."married Kathleen Eleanor Johnston, daughter of a county court judge in Sault Ste. Marie". "Surviving im arewidow, two sons William Johnston and Thomas Homan who operates the Mulock farm, and his mother in England." Mulock was educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, where he was a member of

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. Following service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia, he returned and attended Osgoode Hall Law School. Mulock first ran unsuccessfully for the

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in the riding of

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in the 1930 federal election. He was elected in a 1934

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and re-elected in

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and

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. A

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, he was the

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from 1940 to 1945. Upon the death of the founding publisher of the ''

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'' in 1948, Mulock inherited some of the estate of the late

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. Mulock was the grandson of Sir

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulock, William 1897 births 1954 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Toronto