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Gerald O'Connor
Charles Gerald O'Connor (December 3, 1890 – November 16, 1949) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940, sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. He also served on the Edmonton City Council in 1932 and 1933.
Member of Legislative Assembly.
O'Connor although not high ranking in first count votes in the 1935 election, tok a seat due to vote transfers from other candidates conducted under the STV system in
of its chief commercial negotiators before retiring in 1979.
In 1990 Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (later Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster) said of McNair: ""His life and career exemplified what was best in English and Catholic tradition."" Biblical scholar Dom Bernard Orchard (OSB) said of McNair: "“I know of no-one in my whole acquaintance more deserving of being honoured by his country for his integrity and citizenship.”"
Personal life.
McNair was born in Rio de Janeiro,