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Michael Callanan

Michael Callanan

Canadian politician

Michael Callanan (March 29, 1849 – February 21, 1929) was an Irish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1909 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.

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He was born in 1849 in Clonakilty, County Cork, the son of Daniel J. Callanan,[1] and was educated at Trinity College Dublin[2] and in Paris. From 1875 to 1873, he practised in Kilbrittain and Rosscarbery.[1] He came to Canada, settling in the Northwest Territories. Later, Callanan practised in Nanaimo and Victoria for eight years before moving to Quesnel in 1894[2] and Barkerville in 1899.[3] Callanan was a physician for the Royal Cariboo Hospital in Barkerville. In 1885, he married Hannah Healy.[1] He retired to New Westminster in 1922. In 1929, Callanan died at St. Mary's Hospital in New Westminster after an extended illness.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Parker, C W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 113. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  2. [2]
    "Obituaries". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 20 (4): 450. April 1929. PMC 1710679.
  3. [3]
    Lee, Eldon (1997). Scalpels & buggywhips: medical pioneers of Central BC. Heritage House Publishing Co. pp. 19–20. ISBN 1-895811-43-0. Retrieved 2011-09-12.


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