Joseph Patrick Downey

Joseph Patrick "Joe" Downey (January 17 1865 – 1926) was an Ontario journalist and political figure. He represented Wellington South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1910 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Puslinch Township, Canada West, the son of Patrick Downey. He served editor for the "Guelph Herald" from 1885 to 1907. Downey married Ellen Josephine Coghlan in 1893. In 1910, he was appointed superintendent for the Ontario Asylum for Idiots (later the Huronia Regional Centre). Downey died in Orillia in 1926.

References

*"Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1910", EJ Chambers

External links

* [http://www.orilliamuseum.org/newsletters/download/2007.13.04.pdf Orillia Museum of Art and History: July 2007 newsletter] (pdf)
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3702 "Memories of Mount Forest and surrounding townships ...", AW Wright (1928)]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1086 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]