James O'Brien (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About James O'Brien (Canadian politician)
- James O'Brien (August 3, 1836 – May 28, 1903) was a Canadian merchant, wholesaler, and politician. Born in Aughnagar, County Tyrone, Ireland, O'Brien was educated there and moved to Canada in 1850.
- In 1858, he started business in the wholesale clothing and dry goods trade in Montreal.
- He retired from that business in 1893.
- He was a director of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank, the Royal Victoria Life Insurance Company, and also a member of the Board of Trade.
- He was a Life Governor of the Montreal General Hospital, of the Western and Notre Dame Hospitals, and a trustee of St.
- Patrick's Orphan Asylum, and a Governor of Université Laval.
- He was one of the founders of the Dominion Commercial Travellers' Association.
- He was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Victoria, Quebec on the advice of Mackenzie Bowell on January 2, 1896.
- A Liberal-Conservative, he served 7 years until his death in 1903.
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