| 词条 | Patrick McNicholas |
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Patrick McNicholas was born in Galway, in the West of Ireland on 15 April 1919. He studied medicine in London and at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. He qualified as a physician in Dublin in 1941 at the age of 21. He worked as a medical doctor with the Irish Red Cross Society in France as following the D-Day landings and the Allied invasion of France in 1944. He immigrated to Canada in 1955 with his wife, Isabelle (née. Van Vliet) and his (then) three children, John, Susan and Judith. He established an Ophthalmology practice in St. John's with his partner, Dr. Peter Lockwood St. John's, Newfoundland Patrick and Isabelle has three more children were born in Newfoundland, Yvonne, Peter and Michael Aidan (b. 21 Nov 1965). McNicholas served on a number of civic and charitable boards in Newfoundland including President of the Red Cross Society in Newfoundland, President of the Crow's Nest Officers' Club[2] and Rotary International (St. John's Chapter). McNicholas first entered politics in 1977 when he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of St. John's. McNicholas entered Newfoundland provincial politics in 1979 running in the district of St. John's Center for the PC Party in the 1979 general election which resulted in the PC Party coming to power in Newfoundland under Premier Brian Peckford. He was first elected as a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) on 18 June 1979 and was re-elected two times subsequently for the same seat. McNicholas was elected as speaker for the Newfoundland House of Assembly on April 25, 1985 (replacing James Russell who was named Minister of Consumer Affairs and Communications) and served as speaker until 1989.[1] McNicholas was defeated in 1989 general election which resulted in the Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Clyde Wells forming a new government.[3] He died in St. John's in 1990.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |title=Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography |last=Cuff |first=Robert H |ISBN=0-921191-51-0 |year=1990}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McNicholas, Patrick}}{{Newfoundland-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web | url=http://crowsnestnl.ca/ 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/english/issue.asp?param=129&art=818 |title=New Speaker in Newfoundland and Labrador |work=Canadian Parliamentary Review |year=1989 |accessdate=2009-10-17}} 3 : Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|1919 births|1990 deaths |
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