Patrick Nolan (politician) explained

Patrick Nolan
Birth Date:March 17, 1881
Birth Place:Ottawa, Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Canada
Office:42nd Mayor of Ottawa
Term Start:1934
Term End:1935
Predecessor:John J. Allen
Successor:J.E. Stanley Lewis

Patrick J. "Paddy" Nolan (March 17, 1881 – January 11, 1941) was mayor of Ottawa, Canada from 1934 to 1935.[1]

He was born in Ottawa on St. Patrick's Day in 1881, the son of poor Irish parents. He worked as a clerk in a drug store, studied to become a pharmacist and opened his own drug store. He owned several movie theatres in the city.

Nolan was first elected to city council in 1922.

He died of influenza in 1941, aged 59.

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Notes and References

  1. Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)