Nicholas Conroy (1816 – October 13, 1879) was an Irish-born farmer and politician in

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

. He represented 1st Prince in the

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from 1846 to 1850 as a Tory and from 1859 to 1867 and from 1873 to 1879 as a Liberal member. He was born in Rathdowney, the son of Thomas Conroy, and came to Prince Edward Island with his father in 1835. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1842 but was elected in 1846. In 1851, he married Catherine McDonald. Conroy was defeated in 1867 in 1st Prince but was reelected in an 1873 by-election after George William Howlan was named to the Canadian Senate. He supported the creation of

separate school In Canada, a separate school is a type of school that has constitutional status in three provinces (Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan) and statutory status in the three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut). In these Canadian ...

s in the province but became a trustee for the public school in

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after the Public School Act of 1877 was passed. Conroy served as a member of the Executive Council for a short time in 1879 but resigned his seat in June 1879 due to poor health. He died of brain disease at home in Tignish later that year.

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Conroy, Nicholas 1816 births 1879 deaths Politicians from County Laois Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs People from Tignish, Prince Edward Island 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island