John McConnell (Quebec politician)
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John McConnell was a political figure in Canada East
. He represented Stanstead
in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
from 1844 to 1851.
He was born in Hatley
, Lower Canada
, the son of Thomas McConnell, a native of New Hampshire
, and Roxana Hovey. McConnell was a member of a citizen's committee formed to promote the construction of a railway from Montreal to Boston via Sherbrooke. He served in the militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1820, he married Alice Wadley. McConnell later became involved in the movement favouring annexation with the United States. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1851 and was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1854.
Canada East
Canada East was the eastern portion of the United Province of Canada. It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day Canadian Province of Quebec, and was primarily a French-speaking region....
. He represented Stanstead
Stanstead (electoral district)
Stanstead was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted initially of the Townships of Stanstead, Barnston, Hatley, Barford, and Magog East and West.In...
in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
from 1844 to 1851.
He was born in Hatley
Hatley, Quebec
Hatley is a village of 700 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.An otherwise quiet and tiny agricultural village, one of Hatley's main claims to fame is its annual Canada Day Celebration which always takes place on July 1st...
, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, the son of Thomas McConnell, a native of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, and Roxana Hovey. McConnell was a member of a citizen's committee formed to promote the construction of a railway from Montreal to Boston via Sherbrooke. He served in the militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1820, he married Alice Wadley. McConnell later became involved in the movement favouring annexation with the United States. He did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1851 and was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1854.