James Joseph Foy

James Joseph Foy

James Joseph Foy (February 22 1847 – June 13 1916) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1898 to 1916.

He was born in Toronto, the son of Patrick Foy, a Toronto merchant, and educated at St. Michael's College and Ushaw College. He was called to the bar in 1871 and set up practice with a law firm in Toronto. In 1879, he married Marie Cuvillier. Foy was named Queen's Counsel in 1883. He served as Attorney General from 1905 to 1914. Foy help finance the "Catholic Register", a Catholic weekly newspaper based in Toronto. [ [http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1935-36/Cronin.html P.F.Cronin, "Early Catholic Journalism in Canada" ] at www.umanitoba.ca] He died in office in 1916.

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* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2258 "The Canadian album : Men of Canada; or, Success by example ...", W Cochrane (1891)]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1166 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]


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