Famous People with Name Devlin

John Joseph "Jack" Devlin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John Joseph "Jack" Devlin: was an Australian politician. Born at Violet Town, Victoria, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farmer. He served on Violet Town Shire Council from 1927 to 1957, and as President for some of that time. In 1946, he was elected to the Austra

Arthur Ray Devlin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Arthur Ray Devlin: was an Australian politician. Born in Burnie, Tasmania, he was a waterside worker and Secretary of the Burnie Trades and Labour Council before entering politics. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania.

Bernard Devlin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bernard Devlin: was an Irish-born lawyer, journalist and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montreal Centre in the Canadian House of Commons from 1875 to 1878 as a Liberal member. He came to Quebec City with his father in 1844. Not allowed to practise medicine because of his age, Devlin established a newspaper the Freeman’s Journal and Commercial Advertiser. He later went to Montreal, studied law with Edward Carter, was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1847 and set up practice in Montreal. In 1848, he married Anna Eliza Hickey. He served on the city council for Montreal and was an officer in the militia, serving during the Fenian raids and reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Devlin was called to the Ontario bar in 1868. He was defeated by Michael Patrick Ryan in the riding of Montreal Centre in 1874 but was elected by acclamation in January 1875 after Ryan's election was overturned. His first election was appealed but he was elected again by acclamation in November of the same year. He spoke in favour of amnesty for Louis Riel and Ambroise-Dydime Lépine. Devlin was defeated by Ryan in 1878 when he ran for reelection. Devlin died in Denver, Colorado, where he had gone to recover from illness, at the age of 55 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

Charles Ramsay Devlin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Ramsay Devlin: was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons, in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and an Irish MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1902, against the advice of Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, Devlin was elected by acclamation to the British House of Commons as the Irish Parliamentary Party candidate for Galway Borough. From 1903 to 1906, he was secretary general of the United Irish League. After being returned in the January 1906 general election he resigned later that year to return to Canada and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Nicolet. He resigned in 1907, after being appointed minister of colonization, mines, and fisheries in the cabinet of Quebec Premier Lomer Gouin. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in a 1907 by-election in the riding of Nicolet and was re-elected in 1908 and 1912. He served until his death in 1914.