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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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[[Image:ThomasDavidMcConkey23.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas David McConkey <br> Source: Library and Archives Canada]]

'''Thomas David McConkey''' (July 29, 1815 &ndash; February 21, 1890) was an [[Ontario]] businessman and political figure. He represented [[Simcoe North (federal electoral district)|Simcoe North]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] member from 1867 to 1872.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3867|nolist=yes}}</ref>

He was born in [[County Tyrone]], Ireland in 1815,<ref name="parl"/> the son of Thomas McConkey,<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref> and came to [[Innisfil, Ontario|Innisfil Township]] in [[Upper Canada]] with his family in 1828. McConkey was a merchant in [[Barrie]].<ref name="simcoe">[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2856 ''A History of Simcoe County'', AF Hunter (1909)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311044744/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2856 |date=March 11, 2007}}</ref> He served as reeve there and was warden for [[Simcoe County, Ontario|Simcoe County]] from 1860 to 1861.<ref name="innisfil"/> McConkey was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] in 1861. He was elected to that assembly for the North riding of Simcoe in 1863 and served until [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]];<ref name="johnson"/> he was re-elected in 1867.<ref name="parl"/> From 1875<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/stream/hardwaremerch1890toro#page/n202/mode/1up|accessdate=April 19, 2013 |title=Business Changes |newspaper=Hardware|date=Feb 28, 1890}}</ref>  until his death, he served as sheriff for Simcoe County<ref name="innisfil">[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3632 ''Historical review, June 23-24, 1951 : a record of 100 years of progress : Innisfil Township centennial, 1850-1950'' (1951)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926215716/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3632 |date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> in Barrie.<ref name="johnson"/>

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[[Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:Mayors of Barrie]]
[[Category:People from County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario]]
[[Category:Immigrants to Upper Canada]]
[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]


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