Michael Sullivan (Canadian senator) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Michael Sullivan
Office:Senator for Kingston, Ontario
Appointed:John A. Macdonald
Term Start:January 29, 1885
Term End:November 29, 1912
Birth Date:13 February 1838
Birth Place:Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Party:Conservative

Michael Sullivan (February 13, 1838  - January 26, 1915) was a Canadian physician, professor, and politician.

Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Sullivan came to Canada in 1842 and settled in Kingston, Ontario. He was educated at the Regiopolis College and received an M.D. in 1858 from Queen's College. He served as Purveyor-General during the North-West Rebellion of 1885. In 1872 he was appointed Lecturer in Anatomy in Queen's College, and at the time of the establishment of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in affiliation with Queen's University, he was appointed Professor of Anatomy. In 1883 he was President of the Canadian Medical Association, and was an Alderman from 1863 to 1873 and Mayor of Kingston from 1874 to 1875. He later became a Professor of Surgery and Histology, and was a trustee of the Kingston Hospital and a member of the Ontario Medical Association. He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1882 election for Kingston. He was appointed to the Senate on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald in January 1885 representing the senatorial division of Kingston, Ontario. A Conservative, he served for almost 28 years until resigning in 1912.[1]

References

  1. Book: Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896. 1898 . 2007-04-25 . Lovell. Montreal. 82.