O'connor John 1824-1887 Born In Boston Mass Came To Canada
1828. Studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1854. Practised
at Sandwich. Defeated for the Assembly, 1861; elected, 1863, but
unseated by order of the House. Elected to the House of Commons, 1867;
president of the Council, 1872; minister of inland revenue, 1873;
postmaster-general, 1873; defeated for re-election, 1874; again elected,
1878; held successively the offices of president of the Council,
postmaster-general, and secretary of state. Appointed judge of the Court
of Queen's Bench, 1884. =Bib.=: Dent, Can. Por.; Read, Lives of the
Judges.