Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)

MLA (1888-1892), MLA (1892-1895).

Born on 7 August 1857, in Galway County, Ireland, son of John and Catharine (Robinson) O’Malley, came to Canada in 1871 and, for three years, was engaged on surveys of Manitoba then worked installing telegraph lines. He farmed for a couple of years in the vicinity of Marquette, Manitoba before moving to the Rock Lake area.

In 1880, he was appointed one of the first councilors of the Rural Municipality of Rock Lake, becoming Reeve in 1885. He was elected to the provincial legislature in 1888, and returned in 1892. He served as presidentand director of the Lorne Agricultural Society.

On 2 March 1882, he married Sarah Clouston, daughter of William Clouston of the Hudson's Bay Company, with whom he had a son and two daughters.

He served as chief municipal weed inspector in the early days of the inspecting of noxious weeds. He was a regular speaker at the first conventions of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities.

He died at Winnipeg on 9 October 1938.

Source:

The Canadian Album: Men of Canada or Success by Example, Vol. III, Bradley, Garretson & Company, Brantford, Ontario, 1894.

Western Municipal News, October 1938, page 277.

Profile revised: 5 May 2008

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