John Coyne (politician)
John Coyne | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1867–1873 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Chisholm |
| Constituency | Peel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 21, 1836 Toronto Township, Ontario |
| Died | November 16, 1873 (aged 37) Brampton, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Scott |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
John Coyne (July 21, 1836 – November 16, 1873) was a Canadian barrister, and Peel County's first representative in the Ontario Legislature.
A native of Toronto Township, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coyne, he received his education in Brampton at Brampton Public School. He was educated as a lawyer, and called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1864. Coyne also served as reeve of Brampton.
Entering provincial politics in 1867, as a Conservative, he beat out Liberal candidate Robert Smith by just 46 votes (1118 to 1072). The number 1118 had a strange, but merely coincidental, attraction to him, as proved by the next election in 1871. Posed against Chinguacousy's T. O. Bowles, he won again with 1118 votes, against 1059 Liberal nods.
Coyne married Mary Catherine Scott, the youngest daughter of Brampton resident John Scott, in October 1867.
He died due to a short illness in 1873, after serving only two years of his second term.
Electoral history[edit]
| 1867 Ontario general election: Peel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Coyne | 1,118 | 51.05 | |||||
| Liberal | R. Smith | 1,072 | 48.95 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,190 | 82.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,667 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election: Peel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Coyne | 1,118 | 51.36 | +0.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Bowles | 1,059 | 48.64 | −0.30 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Capreol | 0 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 2,177 | 75.91 | −6.20 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,868 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
External links[edit]
- John Coyne – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archive)
- The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1873, HJ Morgan
- The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1874, HJ Morgan
 | This article about a Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MPP is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.