Thomas O'Neill (politician)
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Thomas James O'Neill was a Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
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 member of the Canadian House of Commons
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. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and became a locomotive engineer by career.

From 1897 to 1900, he was a member of the Rocky Mountain Rangers. O'Neill was active on various boards and committees, including chairing the British Columbia Railway Legislation Board at one time. He also served on the General Committee of Adjustment for Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
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. He was an active supporter of labour unions, particularly the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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O'Neill was first elected to Parliament at the Kamloops
Kamloops (electoral district)
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 riding in the 1935 general election
Canadian federal election, 1935
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 then re-elected in 1940
Canadian federal election, 1940
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. He was defeated by Davie Fulton
Davie Fulton
Edmund Davie Fulton, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian Rhodes Scholar, politician and judge. Popularly known as E. Davie Fulton. He was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of politician/lawyer Frederick John Fulton and Winnifred M. Davie, daughter of A.E.B. Davie...

 of the Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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 in the 1945 election
Canadian federal election, 1945
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. O'Neill was also unsuccessful in unseating Fulton in 1949
Canadian federal election, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...

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