Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin
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Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin (December 24, 1872 – August 30, 1921) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Aylmer, Quebec, the son of Charles Devlin and Ellen Roney, Devlin was educated at St. Mary's College in Montreal, Mount St Mary’s College in Derbyshire, England. He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degree from McGill University and a Master of Arts degree from Laval University in Quebec. A lawyer, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Wright in a 1905 by-election called after Wilfrid Laurier resigned his seat in Wright, having been elected for Quebec East also. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908, 1911, and 1917. He died in office in 1921.
His brother, Charles Ramsay Devlin, was also an MP.
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- Parliament of Canada biography
- The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904
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