James McNulty (Canadian politician) explained

James Carroll Patrick McNulty
Birth Date:1918 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Helen Margaret Kelly
Riding:Lincoln
Term Start:June 1962
Term End:June 1968
Riding2:St. Catharines
Term Start2:June 1968
Term End2:September 1972
Profession:administrator, teacher
Party:Liberal

James Carroll Patrick McNulty (16 August 1918 – 2 April 2011) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an administrator and teacher by career.

The son of Joseph and Monica (née MacDonald) McNulty, he attendedthe University of Toronto, McMaster University, the Hamilton College of Education and the Ottawa College of Education. He was a schoolteacher in St. Catharines. In 1944, he married Helen Margaret Kelly.[1]

McNulty served on the council for Grantham Township from 1957 to 1958, on the council for Lincoln County in 1959, as deputy reeve for Grantham township in 1959 and on the city council for St. Catharines from 1960 to 1962.

He was first elected at the Lincoln riding in the 1962 general election and was re-elected there in 1963 and 1965. In the 1968 federal election, he was re-elected at the newly configured St. Catharines riding. After completing his final House of Commons term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, McNulty was defeated at St. Catharines in the 1972 election by J. Trevor Morgan of the Progressive Conservative party.

From 1968 to 1970, he was Parliamentary Secretary to Bryce Mackasey, then the Minister of Labour.

Death

McNulty died from cancer at the age of 92.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K.. The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. 1968. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. News: Respected MP, football coach James McNulty dies. Matthew. Van Dongen. St. Catharines Standard. 4 April 2011. 5 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120308191026/http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058666. 8 March 2012. dead.