Owen Trainor Explained

Owen Trainor
Birthname:Owen C. Trainor
Birth Date:1894 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Mabel Edna Creban (m. 1926)[1]
Riding:Winnipeg South
Predecessor:Leslie Alexander Mutch
Successor:Gordon Chown
Term Start:August 1953
Term End:November 1956
Profession:physician
Party:Progressive Conservative

Owen C. Trainor (16 October 1894 – 28 November 1956) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.

He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, and studied medicine at Saint Dunstan's College in Charlottetown, then at McGill University in Montreal. From there, Trainor became a physician in Winnipeg.

He was elected to represent the Winnipeg South riding in the 1953 general election, which had become open following the retirement of MP Leslie Mutch. Trainor served as an opposition member of Parliament. He died of a heart attack at his House of Commons office before the end of the 22nd Canadian Parliament.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Owen C. Trainor (1894–1956) . Manitoba Historical Society . 3 January 2009.
  2. News: But at least four other MPs have died on the Hill . The Canadian Press . The Canadian Press . 11 December 1998 . A17 . .