John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer

John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer

John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (May 5, 1848 – December 22, 1914) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland, the son of the Reverend Richard B. Kirchhoffer, Rector of Ballyvourney Parish, he was educated at Marlborough College and came to Canada in 1864. Kirchhoffer served as an Ensign in the Fenian raids in 1866 and subsequently was Captain of one of the Companies of the Port Hope (46th) Battalion. He was called to the Ontario Bar in October 1871 and practiced law in Port Hope, Ontario with his uncle, Nesbitt Kirchhoffer.

He moved to Manitoba in 1883, and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1884. He was Reeve and Mayor of Souris, Manitoba. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1886 to 1888 representing Brandon West. He was called to the Senate on December 16, 1892 on the advice of John Sparrow David Thompson representing the senatorial division of Selkirk, Manitoba. A Conservative, he was Chairman of the Senate Divorce Committee in 1895 and 1896, and of the Senate Contingent Committee in 1897. He served 22 years until his death in 1914. [cite book|title=Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896|url=http://www.archive.org/details/personnelofsenat00montuoft|accessdate=2007-04-24 |publisher=Lovell|location=Montreal|pages=page 79]

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