Joseph Patrick Foley (March 2, 1872 – May 11, 1928) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party. Foley was born in Halifax,

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, the son of John Foley and Ellen Hogan, both natives of

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, and was educated at La Salle Academy in that city. In 1906, he married Minnie Sherry. He moved to Manitoba around 1908. Foley practised law with

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and later with Tupper, McTavish, Foley and Tupper. In religion, he was a

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. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, defeating

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candidate J. Willoughby by 319 votes in the

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"A" constituency. The Conservatives won a majority government, and Foley served as a backbench supporter of

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's administration. In 1915, the Roblin ministry was forced to resign from office amid a serious corruption scandal. A new general election was called, which the Liberals won in a landslide. Foley finished third in his bid for re-election, losing to Liberal candidate Robert Newton Lowery. Foley died in Winnipeg of a

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at the age of 56.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Joseph Patrick 1872 births Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 1928 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba