John Henry Devitt
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = John Henry Devitt
| image =
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| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1905
| term_end1 = 1919
| predecessor1 = William Rickard
| successor1 = William John Bragg
| constituency1 = Durham West
| party = Conservative
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1851|2|1}}
| birth_place = Cartwright Township, Canada West
| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|6|14|1851|2|1}}
| death_place = Cartwright Township, Ontario
| occupation = Civil servant
| relations =
| spouse = {{marriage |Elizabeth Watson|1881}}
| children =
}}
John Henry Devitt (February 1, 1851 – June 14, 1940) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Durham West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1919 as a Conservative member.
Biography
He was born in Cartwright Township, Canada West, the son of Thomas Devitt and Jane McKee. He was a member of the township council from 1882 to 1890, serving as reeve in 1896 and county warden in 1899. He married Elizabeth Watson on June 1, 1881.{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMJ7-1L9 |title=John Henry Devitt |publisher=Family Search.org}} He was a prominent member in the Orange Order. He died in 1940 and was buried at St. John's Cemetery in Blackstock.http://www.oldebill.ca/HFT/hftg129.htm#3426 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}
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External links
- [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4554 Cartwright Revisited, 1983, D Van Camp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110517/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4554 |date=2007-09-29 }}
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=john-henry-devitt}}
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario