Patrick Joseph Canning (March 17, 1915 – 1991) was a Canadian educator, business owner and politician in
Newfoundland
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. He represented the
electoral district
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of
Burin-Placentia West
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in the
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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from 1949 to 1972 and 1975 to 1979. He was a member of the
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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.
The son of Bernard Canning and Elizabeth Pomroy, he was born in 1915 in
Merasheen[ and was educated there]Royal Navy
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in 1940 and saw service in the North Atlantic
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and Mediterranean
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during World War II
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. After the war, he taught school for several years and then was employed as manager for James Baird Ltd. in Marystown
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from 1949 to 1951. In 1951, he set up his own business Central Stores there.[ Canning also served as president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Truckers' Association.
He married Helen Fleming; the couple had two daughters.
Canning was first elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and then was reelected in 1952, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1966 and 1971. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1972 but was reelected in 1975, defeating cabinet minister ]Leo Barry
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Originally from Deniliquin, New South Wales, Barry attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, before being d ...
. Canning retired from politics in 1979 and died in 1991.[
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References
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1915 births
1991 deaths
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly