Arthur Maloney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Eganville, Ontario, Canada
About Arthur Maloney
- Arthur Edward Martin Maloney QC (26 November 1919 - 20 September 1984) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada and first Ontario Ombudsman from 1975 to 1979.Maloney was born in Eganville, Ontario.
- He became a noted defence lawyer following his 1943 graduation from Osgoode Hall.
- In 1952 he unsuccessfully defended notorious bank robbers of The Boyd Gang.
- He was the son of Martin James Maloney, another Member of Parliament.He was first elected at the Parkdale riding in the 1957 general election and re-elected for a second term in Parliament in the 1958 election.
- From August 1957 to February 1958 he was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour.
- He was a principal author of the 1960 Canadian Bill of Rights.
- Maloney was defeated by Stanley Haidasz of the Liberal party in the 1962 election. Several years of poor health began in 1979 when Maloney incurred a stroke, ending with a cancer diagnosis.
- In 1984, Maloney died at his residence in Rockwood, Ontario from that cancer.
- His funeral at Toronto's St.
- Michael's Cathedral was officiated by Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter and politician-turned-priest Sean O'Sullivan.
- Various political colleagues such as Roland Michener, John Crosbie and Ray Hnatyshyn attended the funeral.
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