John O'Connor (Canadian politician)

John O'Connor, PC (January 1 1824 – November 3 1887) was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Irish immigrants John and Mary O’Connor, he moved with his family to Essex County, Upper Canada in 1828. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada in 1863. In 1867, he was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament representing the riding of Essex. He was re-elected to the 2nd Canadian Parliament but was defeated in the 1874 federal election. In the period of 1872 to 1873, he was President of the Privy Council, Minister of Inland Revenue, and Postmaster General. He was re-elected again in the 1878 federal election for the riding of Russell. From 1878 to 1880, he again was the President of the Privy Council. As well he was the Postmaster General in 1880 and from 1881 to 1882. From 1880 to 1881, he was the Secretary of State of Canada. In 1884, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench for Ontario.

External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

•  • e Postmasters General

Campbell · O'Connor · Macdonald · Fournier · Huntington · Langevin · Campbell · O'Connor · Campbell · O'Connor · Carling · Campbell · McLelan · Carling (acting) · Haggart · Caron · Taillon · Mulock · Aylesworth · Lemieux · Béland · Pelletier · Casgrain · Blondin · Belley · Murphy · Manion · Veniot · Sauvé · Gobeil · Elliott · McLarty · Power · Ilsley (acting) · Mulock · Bertrand · Rinfret · Côté · Pinard (acting) · Lapointe · Hamilton · MacLean (acting) · Fairclough · Denis · Nicholson · Tremblay · Côté · Kierans · Côté · Ouellet · Mackasey · Blais · Lamontagne · Fraser · Ouellet1 1The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

•  • e Ministers of Inland Revenue
Ministers of Inland Revenue (1867-1892)	Howland · Campbell (acting) · Morris · Tupper · O'Connor · Gibbs · Fournier · Geoffrion · Laflamme · Cauchon · Laurier · Baby · Aikins · Costigan
Controllers of Inland Revenue (1892-1897)	Wood · Prior · de Lotbinière
Ministers of Inland Revenue (1897-1918)	de Lotbinière · Bernier · Brodeur · Templeman · Nantel · Blondin · Patenaude · Sévigny · Sifton1 1 The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue amalgamated and the office of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was created by Order in Council dated May 18, 1918.

•  • e Presidents of the Privy Council

Blair · Howe · Kenny · Tupper · O'Connor · McDonald · Huntington · Cauchon · Blake · O'Connor · Masson · Mousseau · McLelan · Macdonald · Colby · Abbott · Ives · Bowell · Angers · Laurier · Borden · Rowell · Calder · Normand · King · Meighen · King · Bennett · King · St-Laurent · Chevrier · Dorion · Diefenbaker · Lamontagne · McIlraith · Favreau · Gordon · Trudeau (acting) · MacEachen (acting) · D. Macdonald · MacEachen · Sharp · MacEachen · Baker · Pinard · Ouellet · Nielsen · Hnatyshyn · Mazankowski · Clark · Blais · Massé · Dion · Coderre · Robillard · Chong · Van Loan · Ambrose

•  • e Secretaries of State of Canada

Langevin · Aikins · Christie · Scott · Aikins · O'Connor · Mousseau · Chapleau · Patterson · Costigan · Dickey · Montague · Ouimet (acting) · Daly (acting) · Tupper · Scott · Murphy · Roche · Coderre · Blondin · Patenaude · Sévigny (acting) · Meighen · Burrell · Sifton · Drayton (acting) · Monty · Copp · Foster · Murphy (acting) · Lapointe · Perley · Rinfret · Cahan · Rinfret · Lapointe · Casgrain · McLarty · Martin · Gibson · Bradley · Pickersgill · Pinard · Fairclough · Courtemanche · Balcer · Dorion · Balcer · Halpenny · Pickersgill · Lamontagne · LaMarsh · Connolly · Marchand · Pelletier · Faulkner · Roberts · MacDonald · Fox · Regan · Joyal · McLean · B. Bouchard · Crombie · L. Bouchard · Weiner · de Cotret · Landry1 1The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.