Benjamin McConnell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
About Benjamin McConnell
- Benjamin James McConnell (September 28, 1861—February 15, 1923) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1914, as a member of the Liberal Party. McConnell was born in Point Alexander, north Renfrew County, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of Benjamin McConnell and Catherine Melville.
- He was educated at Pembroke, and studied medicine at Queen's University in Kingston.
- He moved to Manitoba in 1881 to practice medicine, first settling in Nelson, and then moving to Morden in 1885.
- McConnell married Catherine Pollock Fraser in 1884.
- He served as provincial coroner for ten years and was president of the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons and of the Southern Manitoba Medical Association.
- McConnell retired from the practice of medicine in 1902.
- He also owned the Morden Woollen Mill and a large farm.He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1907 provincial election, defeating Conservative incumbent George Ashdown by 90 votes in the Morden constituency.
- He was re-elected in the 1910 election.
- Both elections were won by the Conservatives, and McConnell served as an opposition member for his entire tenure in the legislature.
- He did not seek re-election in 1914. McConnell died at home in Winnipeg, aged 61.His former residence in Morden was designated a municipal heritage building.
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