Manning Doherty
Manning Doherty | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1920–1926 | |
Preceded by | James B. Clark |
Succeeded by | Christopher Gardiner |
Constituency | Kent East |
Personal details | |
Born | Manning William Doherty September 27, 1875 Peel, Ontario, Canada |
Died | September 26, 1938 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 62)
Political party |
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Spouse | Antionette Cassidy |
Manning William Doherty (September 27, 1875 - September 26, 1938) was a farmer, businessman and politician serving as Ontario's Minister of Agriculture during the
Early life
Doherty was the descendant of an old
Doherty graduated from Upper Canada College and then earned a Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture from the University of Toronto's Ontario Agricultural College (became part of the University of Guelph since 1964) in 1895. He then studied at Cornell University where he received his master's degree before returning to the Ontario Agricultural College to teach from 1898 to 1902 as an associate professor.[3]
Political career
UFO
He was a supporter of the
Shortly after the
Progressives
Doherty served as acting leader of the Progressives through the 1924 legislative session but announced at the beginning of this tenure that he would not be seeking the leadership permanently.[4] Doherty remained leader until January 1925 when the Progressive caucus chose William Raney as its leader after Doherty refused to reconsider his retirement.[5]
Despite the fact that the UFO/Progressives were the second largest party in the
Conservatives
Doherty resigned his seat in the provincial legislature in 1926 in order to campaign in support of the federal Conservatives led by
After politics
Following his retirement from politics, Doherty focussed his efforts on his business interests, principally in the brokerage firm of Doherty, Roadhouse and Company.[8] He became treasurer of the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1936 and was its vice-president when he died in 1938.[3]
His son Brian Doherty was a playwright.[3]
References
- ^ "The Pioneers of Old Ontario".
- ^ "Echoes of the Past: The rural one room schools of Peel County" (2016).
- ^ a b c "Manning W. Doherty dead, once Agriculture Minister", Toronto Daily Star, September 26, 1938
- ^ "Progressive Party to meet in Toronto and select leader", Globe and Mail, September 27, 1924
- ^ "Progressive Group chooses Mr. Raney as its leader", Globe and Mail, January 21, 1925
- ^ Peter Oliver, G. Howard Ferguson: Ontario Tory, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977), p. 158.
- ^ "M.W. Doherty is dead at 62", Globe and Mail, September 27, 1938
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