| <tab>Interested in politics, Dr Dolan served as president of the GC Liberal Asociation. He ran unsuccessfully as Liberal candidate for GC against Osie Villeneuve, Conservative, in the provincial elections of 22 Nov. 1951 and 9 June 1955. (//GN// 2 & 23 Nov. 1951, //GN// 9 June 1955) Contemporary gossip said that Dr Dolan was deeply hurt in his defeat by what he saw as his rejection by the people among whom he had practised medicine so many years and that he seriously contemplated at this time re-establishing his medical practice elsewhere. Many observers thought, also, that there was now little opportunity for any non-French Canadian to become the representative for GC. In fact, Dr Dolan continued his Alexandria practice and retired in 1974 a few days after his 82nd birthday. (//GN// 24 Oct. 1974) At a joint dinner of the Richelieu Club and the Lions Club in Alexandria at which he was honoured on his retirement, he recalled the hard times of a doctor in the Depression and (as his speech was reported in the //Glengarry News// 31 Oct. 1974) “he had warm words for this part of the country which is a miniature of Canada in its mixture of the two major ethnic groups. An Irishman like himself could see hopeful indications of a spirit of unity and brotherhood here, that promised a bright future for Canada.” He left GC on retirement, but continued to revisit. Angus H. McDonell noted in his obituary of Henry D. Duggan that among those who attended Duggan’s funeral at St. Finnan’s in 1988 was “a lifetime Alexandria friend and South Lancaster [summer home] neighbour, Dr. D.J. Dolan who is in the shadows of his 100th birthday.” Dr Dolan lived in North Bay during at least part of his retirement. He died at Riverside Hospital, Ottawa. Burial was at St. Finnan’s cemetery, Alexandria. He was married in 1922 to Georgina McAuley (marriage, //Glengarry News// 22 Oct. 1922). (five children) | <tab>Interested in politics, Dr Dolan served as president of the GC Liberal Asociation. He ran unsuccessfully as Liberal candidate for GC against Osie Villeneuve, Conservative, in the provincial elections of 22 Nov. 1951 and 9 June 1955. (//GN// 2 & 23 Nov. 1951, //GN// 9 June 1955) Contemporary gossip said that Dr Dolan was deeply hurt in his defeat by what he saw as his rejection by the people among whom he had practised medicine so many years and that he seriously contemplated at this time re-establishing his medical practice elsewhere. Many observers thought, also, that there was now little opportunity for any non-French Canadian to become the representative for GC. In fact, Dr Dolan continued his Alexandria practice and retired in 1974 a few days after his 82nd birthday. (//GN// 24 Oct. 1974) At a joint dinner of the Richelieu Club and the Lions Club in Alexandria at which he was honoured on his retirement, he recalled the hard times of a doctor in the Depression and (as his speech was reported in the //Glengarry News// 31 Oct. 1974) “he had warm words for this part of the country which is a miniature of Canada in its mixture of the two major ethnic groups. An Irishman like himself could see hopeful indications of a spirit of unity and brotherhood here, that promised a bright future for Canada.” He left GC on retirement, but continued to revisit. Angus H. McDonell noted in his obituary of Henry D. Duggan that among those who attended Duggan’s funeral at St. Finnan’s in 1988 was “a lifetime Alexandria friend and South Lancaster [summer home] neighbour, Dr. D.J. Dolan who is in the shadows of his 100th birthday.” Dr Dolan lived in North Bay during at least part of his retirement. He died at Riverside Hospital, Ottawa. Burial was at St. Finnan’s cemetery, Alexandria. He was married in 1922 to Georgina McAuley (marriage, //Glengarry News// 22 Oct. 1922). (five children) |
| <tab>For the conditions and expectations relating to medical practice in Alexandria in Dr Dolan’s period, see also his long-time contemporary in Alexandria, Dr M. Markson. | <tab>For the conditions and expectations relating to medical practice in Alexandria in Dr Dolan’s period, see also his long-time contemporary in Alexandria, [[markson_moses|Dr M. Markson]]. |
