Patrick Power (Canadian politician)

Patrick Power (March 17, 1815 February 23, 1881) was a Canadian politician and a Member of Parliament for the riding of Halifax in Nova Scotia. He was born on March 17, 1815 at Kilmacthomas in County Waterford, Ireland. He immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1823 with his parents and later worked as a merchant in Canada.

Patrick Power
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Halifax
In office
1867–1872
Serving with Alfred Gilpin Jones
Succeeded byWilliam Johnston Almon
Stephen Tobin
In office
1874–1878
Serving with Alfred Gilpin Jones
Preceded byWilliam Johnston Almon
Stephen Tobin
Succeeded byMatthew Henry Richey
Malachy Bowes Daly
Personal details
Born(1815-03-17)March 17, 1815
Kilmacthomas, County Waterford (Republic of Ireland)
DiedFebruary 23, 1881(1881-02-23) (aged 65)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyAnti-Confederate (1867-1869)
Liberal Party of Canada (1869-1870)
Independent Liberal (1870-1878)
ChildrenLawrence Geoffrey Power

He was first elected as a member of the Anti-Confederation Party on September 20, 1867. On January 30, 1869, he became a member of the Liberal Party, but in 1870 he became an Independent Liberal. He ran for re-election and lost on October 12, 1872. He was re-elected to the 3rd Canadian Parliament on January 22, 1874, but he was defeated in the next election on September 17, 1878.

In 1876, he was offered a position in Alexander Mackenzie's Cabinet to replace Thomas Coffin, but he declined. He retired from politics in 1877 and died on February 23, 1881. During life, he worked on various boards and commissions themed with the education and welfare of the poor. For his charity work, he was awarded the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius IX in 1870. His son, Lawrence Geoffrey Power, was a member of the Senate. The Patrick Power Library at St. Mary's University in Halifax bears his namesake.

  • Patrick Power – Parliament of Canada biography
  • "Patrick Power". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.


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