Michael Dwyer (Canadian politician)

Michael Dwyer
MLA for Cape Breton Centre
In office
1933–1939
Preceded byGordon Sidney Harrington
Joseph Macdonald
Succeeded byDouglas MacDonald
Personal details
Born(1877-02-04)February 4, 1877
County Tipperary, Ireland
DiedDecember 28, 1953(1953-12-28) (aged 76)
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
Occupationmining executive

Michael Dwyer (February 4, 1877 – December 28, 1953) was a mining executive and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1939 as a Liberal member.[1]

Dwyer was born in Ireland in 1877, the son of Richard Dwyer and Bridget Doyle, and came to Canada in 1884.[2] He was educated in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 1907, he married Beatrice S. Campbell. Dwyer was mayor of Sydney Mines from 1926 to 1930.[3] He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1926 and 1930. Dwyer served as Minister of Mines and Public Works and Minister of Labour in the province's Executive Council from 1933 to 1938. He resigned his seat to become president and general manager of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company.[4] Dwyer served as Maritime Regional Superintendent for the National Selective Service (NSS) from 1942 to 1945.[5] He was mayor of New Glasgow from 1949 to 1950. Dwyer died in New Glasgow, at the age of 76.[3][6]

References

  • The Canadian Who's Who, Volume IV, 1948. Trans-Canada Press, Toronto
  1. ^ "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ^ "Michael Dwyer fonds". Council of Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  3. ^ a b Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 63. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. ^ "Dwyer quits cabinet in N.S. for steel post". The Globe and Mail. January 29, 1939.
  5. ^ Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Human Resources During World War II, Stevenson MD (2001) ISBN 0-7735-2263-8
  6. ^ "Mines Minister of Nova Scotia, Michael Dwyer dies". The Lethbridge Herald. December 28, 1953.


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