Owen Trainor

Owen C. Trainor (16 October 1894 – 28 November 1956) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Owen Trainor
Member of Parliament
for Winnipeg South
In office
August 1953  November 1956
Preceded byLeslie Alexander Mutch
Succeeded byGordon Chown
Personal details
Born
Owen C. Trainor

(1894-10-16)16 October 1894
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died28 November 1956(1956-11-28) (aged 62)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse(s)Mabel Edna Creban (m. 1926)[1]
Professionphysician

He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and studied medicine at Saint Dunstan's College in Charlottetown, then at McGill University in Montreal. From there, Trainor became a physician in Winnipeg.[1]

He was elected to represent the Winnipeg South riding in the 1953 general election, which had become open following the retirement of MP Leslie Mutch. Trainor served as an opposition member of Parliament. He died of a heart attack at his House of Commons office before the end of the 22nd Canadian Parliament.[2]

References

  1. "Owen C. Trainor (1894–1956)". Manitoba Historical Society. 3 January 2009.
  2. The Canadian Press (11 December 1998). "But at least four other MPs have died on the Hill". The StarPhoenix. p. A17.


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