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Brandon Political History: First MP (Sort of) D'Alton McCarthy
5/23/2007 at 11:48 PM
D'Alton McCarthy of the "McCarthyite" party (presumably for his last name).
The Irish born lawyer was elected June 23 1896 in in Brandon AND Simcoe North, Ontario. He chose to sit as member for the latter forcing a by-election.
McCarthy claimed himself independent from 1891, the day prior to the election, then a 'McCarthyite' for an unknown period and a Conservative for his last years in Parliament 1872-1898.
He died May 11 1898 at the age of 61.