Joseph St. John

Joseph W. St. John
Joseph W. St. John
Ontario MPP
	In office; 1902–1907
Preceded by	William Hill
Succeeded by	Forbes Godfrey
Constituency	York West
	In office; 1894–1898
Preceded by	John Gilmour
Succeeded by	William Hill
Constituency	York West
Personal details
Born	July 17, 1854; Brock Township, Canada West
Died	April 7, 1907 (aged 52)
Political party	Conservative
Profession	Lawyer

Joseph Wesley St. John (July 17, 1854^[1] – April 7, 1907) was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario from 1905 to 1907 and served as Conservative MLA for York West from 1894 to 1898 and from 1902 to 1907.^[2]

He was born in Brock Township, Canada West in 1854, the son of James St. John, and educated at Victoria University in Cobourg. He studied law, was called to the bar in 1894 and set up practice in Toronto, Ontario.^[1] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1898 but was reelected in 1902.^[3] St. John also served in the Senate for the University of Toronto.^[1] He died in office in 1907.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1905, AJ Magurn
^ "Joseph Wesley St. John, MPP". ontla.on.ca. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Dale, Clare A (1992). Whose servant I am" : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library. pp. 195–98. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

External links

Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1897). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son.
Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs.
Joseph Wesley St. John – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history

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[magurn-1] Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1905, AJ Magurn

[2] "Joseph Wesley St. John, MPP". ontla.on.ca. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2007.

[bio-3] Dale, Clare A (1992). Whose servant I am" : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library. pp. 195–98. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

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