George di Madeiros Loy | |
Constituency Mp: | Beauharnois |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron |
Successor: | Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron |
Term Start: | 1900 |
Term End: | 1904 |
Birth Date: | 1840 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Coteau Landing, Lower Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
George di Madeiros Loy (27 November 1840 - 14 December 1936) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauharnois in the House of Commons of Canada from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal.
He was born in Coteau-Landing, Lower Canada, the son of a Portuguese father and American mother. Loy was educated in Coteau-Landing and Ogdensburg, New York. In 1868, he married Elizabeth Wilson. He was mayor of Valleyfield from 1894 to 1899.[1] His election in 1900 was declared void in 1902 but Loy won the subsequent by-election. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1904.
Loy also operated a paper mill in Valleyfield owned by Alexander Buntin.[2] |-|Liberal|George di Madeiros Loy|align="right"|1,822|Conservative|Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron|align="right"|1,663
,SCC . Loy v. Poirier . 1902 . 1902 . 32 . SCR . 111 . https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14001/index.do.