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David James Hartigan Member of Parliament
for Cape Breton SouthIn office
October 1935 – March 1940Preceded by Finlay MacDonald Succeeded by Clarence Gillis Personal details Born David James Hartigan
8 November 1887
Sydney Mines, Nova ScotiaDied unknown Political party Liberal Spouse(s) Phalen
m. 25 November 1925[1]Profession physician David James Hartigan (8 November 1887 – unknown) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia and became a physician.
Hartigan attended parochial school at North Sydney and high school at Sydney Mines. In 1916, he made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Cape Breton South riding in the 1935 general election. After serving one term, the 18th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated by Clarence Gillis of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in the 1940 election. Hartigan was unsuccessful at unseating Gillis in the 1945 election.
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