James Carroll Patrick McNulty (16 August 1918 - 2 April 2011) was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was an administrator and teacher by career.

The son of Joseph and Monica (née MacDonald) McNulty, he attended
the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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, McMaster University

McMaster University

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, the Hamilton College of Education and the Ottawa College of Education. He was a schoolteacher in St. Catharines. In 1944, he married Helen Margaret Kelly.

McNulty served on the council for Grantham Township

Grantham Township, Ontario

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 from 1957 to 1958, on the council for Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Ontario

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 in 1959, as deputy reeve for Grantham township in 1959 and on the city council for St. Catharines from 1960 to 1962.

He was first elected at the Lincoln

Lincoln (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1962 general election

Canadian federal election, 1962

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 and was re-elected there in 1963

Canadian federal election, 1963

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 and 1965

Canadian federal election, 1965

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. In the 1968 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1968

The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...

, he was re-elected at the newly-configured St. Catharines riding

St. Catharines (electoral district)

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. After completing his final House of Commons term, the 28th Canadian Parliament

28th Canadian Parliament

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, McNulty was defeated at St. Catharines in the 1972 election

Canadian federal election, 1972

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 by J. Trevor Morgan

J. Trevor Morgan

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 of the Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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From 1968 to 1970, he was Parliamentary Secretary to Bryce Mackasey

Bryce Mackasey

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, then the Minister of Labour

Minister of Labour (Canada)

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