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| <tab>John McMartin was vice-president of Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, and president of the Labrador Pulp and Lumber Co. In his later years he had extensive timber limits in Ontario, Quebec province, and Labrador, plus land interests in the Canadian West and other business interests in Canada. Newpaper reports on his will stated that he left more than $4 million and was the largest shareholder of Hollinger stock. | <tab>John McMartin was vice-president of Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, and president of the Labrador Pulp and Lumber Co. In his later years he had extensive timber limits in Ontario, Quebec province, and Labrador, plus land interests in the Canadian West and other business interests in Canada. Newpaper reports on his will stated that he left more than $4 million and was the largest shareholder of Hollinger stock. |
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| <tab>He was married on 22 Jan. 1896 in Cornwall to Mary C. McDougald of the Alexandria McDougald family. (five children) The //Glengarry News// report on the marriage described him as “one of Glengarry’s best known railway contractors” and a man who “counts his Glengarry friends by the score,” while his wife was remembered as having been, three years before, “one of the most popular belles of Alexandria.” She has her own life in this dictionary, following this one of her husband. See the entries in this dictionary for her brother Dr W. L. McDougald and her nephew John A. (Bud) McDougald for two members of the McDougald family who later helped direct the Hollinger company. Later, the Hollinger name was known worldwide in connection with Conrad Black’s newspapers. | <tab>He was married on 22 Jan. 1896 in Cornwall to Mary C. McDougald of the Alexandria McDougald family. (five children) The //Glengarry News// report on the marriage described him as “one of Glengarry’s best known railway contractors” and a man who “counts his Glengarry friends by the score,” while his wife was remembered as having been, three years before, “one of the most popular belles of Alexandria.” She has her own life in this dictionary, following this one of her husband. See the entries in this dictionary for her brother [[mcdougald_wilfrid_laurier|Dr W. L. McDougald]] and her nephew [[mcdougald_john_angus2|John A. (Bud) McDougald]] for two members of the McDougald family who later helped direct the Hollinger company. Later, the Hollinger name was known worldwide in connection with Conrad Black’s newspapers. |
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| <tab>“Early in 1916 when there was a rumour of an approaching election the Liberals of Glengarry and Stormont had an opportunity of showing their appreciation of Mr. McMartin and they gladly seized the opportunity of nominating him as their standard bearer in the federal arena.” The election as expected at this time did not take place, but in the general election of 17 Dec. 1917, John McMartin was returned by acclamation as the Liberal Unionist MP for the Glengarry-Stormont constituency. He attended the opening in March of the Parliament for which he had been elected, “but had to return to Montreal almost immediately owing to physical weakness,” and beyond this his growing illness seems to have prevented any involvement in Parliamentary duties. In fact, he had been too ill, it appears, to attend the conventions that nominated him in 1916 and 1917, and his death, four months after the election, followed an illness of “several months.” (five children) He died in Montreal, aged only in his late 40s or late 50s, depending on which date is taken for his birth. His brother Duncan, it will be noted, also died early. John McMartin was buried at St. Columban’s cemetery, Cornwall. | <tab>“Early in 1916 when there was a rumour of an approaching election the Liberals of Glengarry and Stormont had an opportunity of showing their appreciation of Mr. McMartin and they gladly seized the opportunity of nominating him as their standard bearer in the federal arena.” The election as expected at this time did not take place, but in the general election of 17 Dec. 1917, John McMartin was returned by acclamation as the Liberal Unionist MP for the Glengarry-Stormont constituency. He attended the opening in March of the Parliament for which he had been elected, “but had to return to Montreal almost immediately owing to physical weakness,” and beyond this his growing illness seems to have prevented any involvement in Parliamentary duties. In fact, he had been too ill, it appears, to attend the conventions that nominated him in 1916 and 1917, and his death, four months after the election, followed an illness of “several months.” (five children) He died in Montreal, aged only in his late 40s or late 50s, depending on which date is taken for his birth. His brother Duncan, it will be noted, also died early. John McMartin was buried at St. Columban’s cemetery, Cornwall. |
