John Costigan (February 1, 1835 – September 29, 1916) was a

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judge and politician who served in the

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and in the

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of several

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. Costigan was born on February 1, 1835, in Saint-Nicolas,

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, the son of Irish immigrants John Costigan and Bridget Dunn. He was educated at Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in Canada East from 1850 to 1852. In 1857, he became registrar of deeds and wills for Victoria County in

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and a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He resigned from these posts in 1861 when he was elected to be a member of the 19th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of Victoria. Shanahan (2000). On September 20, 1867, he was elected to the

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as a member of the

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by the riding of

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. He was re-elected nine times, and he became a member of the

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on February 6, 1906. During his time as a Member of Parliament, he was a Minister of Inland Revenue, a Secretary of State of Canada, a Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and an acting Minister of Trade and Commerce. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1882. He was

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from 1896 to 1907. On January 15, 1907, he was appointed a member of the

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for the senatorial division of Victoria, New Brunswick. He died in office on September 29, 1916, in

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. He was

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in Grand Falls.

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in Banff National Park is named in his honor. There is a John Costigan

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Costigan, John 1835 births 1916 deaths Canadian senators from New Brunswick Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Colony of New Brunswick judges 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada