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About John Loughrin
- John Loughrin (November 26, 1852 – January 2, 1917) was an Ontario merchant and political figure.
- He represented Nipissing in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1890 to 1902 as a Liberal member. He was born in Bromley Township, Canada West in 1852, the son of Irish immigrants, and was educated in Pembroke.
- He was a justice of the peace and served as reeve of Mattawa for three years.
- Loughrin was also chairman of the Separate School board.
- He operated a general store in Mattawa.
- In 1884, he married Bridget Gorman.
- John Loughrin succeeded William Doran as Nipissing stipendiary magistrate in June 1902 at a salary of $1,600.
- The former MLA functioned as Master of Titles and Registrar of Deeds for Nipissing.
- In Renfrew County following school in Pembroke, he worked as a clerk for Murray Brothers’ stores in Beachburg and Renfrew.
- In 1876 he arrived in Mattawa where he joined Timmins and Gorman until 1879.
- In that year, he returned to T.
- & W.
- Murray at their business in Deux Rivieres until the store moved to Mattawa when it became Messrs.
- Murrray’s & Loughrin.
- His public service began in 1886 as reeve in Mattawa for two years.
- He was also a separate school trustee.
- When Nipissing became an electoral district in 1890, Loughrin was selected Reform candidate and defeated Liberal-Conservative David Purvis of North Bay.
- In 1894 he was re-elected over Independent Conservative Steven Fournier of Sudbury and in his last electoral campaign in 1898 defeated Charles Lamarche.
- In 1893 he ended partnership with T.
- & W.
- Murray and in 1894 purchased the Mattawa hardware business of Messrs.
- Dunlop & Co. In 1905, the Whitney government dismissed John Loughrin for partisan political activity while serving as a public officer.
- The Conservatives elected Charles Lamarche in East Nipissing who gave up his seat so that Frank Cochrane could contest the vacancy.
- Cochrane was acclaimed and immediately entered Whitney’s cabinet.
- Loughrin’s dismissal opened the door for Whitney to reward Lamarche.
- That occurred in October 1905, when Whitney appointed Lamarche police magistrate and registrar of deeds for the District of Nipissing.
- Loughrin died in 1917 and was buried at Mattawa.
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