John Valentine Ellis
John Valentine Ellis (14 February 1835 – 10 July 1913) was a Canadian journalist and parliamentarian. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1887 general election as a Liberal Member of Parliament representing the New Brunswick electoral district of City of St. John. Although defeated in 1891, he was re-elected in the 1896 election. On 3 September 1900, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the senatorial division of Saint John, New Brunswick until his death in Saint John on 10 July 1913.[1]
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- ^ "Senator John Valentine Ellis Dead at St. John". Winnipeg Tribune. Saint John, New Brunswick. 10 July 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 6 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "John Valentine Ellis". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- John Valentine Ellis – Parliament of Canada biography
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