Dennis James O'Connor (January 27, 1880 – November 26, 1946) was a Quebec politician. An Irish Quebecer, O'Connor was born in

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to farmer Andrew O'Connor and his wife, Mary Walsh. He studied agriculture at

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and engineering through

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. O'Connor worked as a farmer and was also involved with O'Connor Brothers, his family's road construction firm, and owned and operated a

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. He became president of the

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and served as an

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on the

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from 1917 to 1922 and as mayor of Huntingdon from 1922 to 1931. He then served as chairman of the

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from 1937 to 1946. O'Connor was elected to the

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as the Liberal MP for

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in a January 27, 1930

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but lost the seat in the 1930 federal election, held six months later, losing by fewer than 500 votes to

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. He was elected to the

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as the

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MLA for

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in a 1941 by-election and was re-elected in 1944 provincial election. O'Connor died in office in 1946 at the age of 66.

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* * Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Mayors of Huntingdon, Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec people of Irish descent Anglophone Quebec people 1886 births 1946 deaths McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec {{Quebec-mayor-stub