Thomas McGreevy explained

Thomas McGreevy
Constituency Mp:Quebec West
Parliament:Canadian
Successor:John Hearn
Term Start:1867
Term End:1891
Predecessor2:John Hearn
Successor2:Richard Reid Dobell
Term Start2:1895
Term End2:1896
Office3:Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Stadacona
Successor3:John Sharples, Sr.
Term Start3:1867
Term End3:1874
Birth Date:29 July 1825
Birth Place:Quebec City, Lower Canada
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Party:Liberal-Conservative

Thomas McGreevy (July 29, 1825  - January 2, 1897) was a Canadian politician and contractor.

Born in Quebec, he was the son of Robert McGreevy, a blacksmith, and Rose Smith. In 1867 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Quebec West (as a liberal conservative), and was re-elected in 1872, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1887 and 1891.

He was expelled from the House of Commons for corruption on September 29, 1891, and following his conviction for defrauding the government was sentenced to a year in prison. (The other MPs to be expelled from the Canadian House of Commons are Louis Riel [twice] and Quebec communist Fred Rose.) Following his release on March 1, 1894, he was re-elected to Parliament in 1895.

He was the contractor for the building of the Parliament of Canada.

He was married three times: to Mary Ann Rourke on July 13, 1857, to Bridget Caroline Nolan on February 4, 1861 and to Mary Georgina Woolsey on January 30, 1867. He had several children by Mary Georgina including Stella and Herbert. Mary Georgina Woolsey came from a wealthy Quebec family, now most famous for being the subject of William Berczy's portrait of The Woolsey Family (1809).