Patrick McNicholas

Patrick John (Paddy) McNicholas' (15 April 1919 – 1990) was an Irish-born politician and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's Centre in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1979 to 1989 as a Progressive Conservative.[1]

He was born in Galway, in the West of Ireland on 15 April 1919. He studied medicine in London and at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. He qualified as a physician in Dublin in 1941 at the age of 21. He worked with the Irish Red Cross Society in France as a doctor for the Allies following the invasion of France in 1944.

He came to St. John's, Newfoundland in 1955 with his wife, Isabelle (née. Van Vliet) and his (then) three children, John, Susan and Judith. Three more children were born in Newfoundland, Yvonne, Peter and Michael.

McNicholas served on a number of civic and charitable boards including President of the Red Cross Society in Newfoundland, President of the Crow's Nest Officers' Club and Rotary International.

McNicholas first entered politics in 1977 when he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of St. John's.

McNicholas entered Newfoundland provincial politics in 1979 running in the district of St. John's Center for the PC Party in the general election that year that saw the PC Party come to power in Newfoundland under Premier Brian Peckford. He was first elected as a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) on 18 June 1979 and was re-elected two times subsequently for the same seat.

McNicholas was appointed as speaker for the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1985 and served as speaker until 1989.[1] McNicholas was defeated in 1989 general election which resulted in the Liberal Party forming the government under Premier Clyde Wells.[2]

He died in St. John's in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cuff, Robert H (1990). Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography. ISBN 0-921191-51-0.
  2. ↑ "New Speaker in Newfoundland and Labrador". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 1989. Retrieved 2009-10-17.


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