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{{Short description|Canadian politician and contractor}}
{{about|the Canadian politician|the Irish poet <!-- sometimes spelled the same way  -->|Thomas MacGreevy}}
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| name             = Thomas McGreevy
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| image            = Thomas McGreevy.jpg
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| constituency_MP  = [[Quebec West]]
| parliament       = Canadian
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| successor        = [[John Hearn (politician)|John Hearn]]
| term_start       = 1867
| term_end         = 1891
| predecessor2     = [[John Hearn (politician)|John Hearn]]
| successor2       = [[Richard Reid Dobell]]
| term_start2      = 1895
| term_end2        = 1896
| office3          = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] for Stadacona
| predecessor3     = 
| successor3       = [[John Sharples, Sr.]]
| term_start3      = 1867
| term_end3        = 1874
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1825|07|29}}
| birth_place      = Quebec City, Lower Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1897|01|02|1825|07|29}}
| death_place      = Quebec City, Quebec
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| party            = [[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]
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'''Thomas McGreevy''' (July 29, 1825 &ndash; January 2, 1897) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and contractor.

Born in [[Quebec]], he was the son of Robert McGreevy, a blacksmith, and Rose Smith. In 1867 he was elected [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Quebec West (as a liberal conservative), and was re-elected in 1872, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1887 and 1891.

He was expelled from the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] for corruption on September 29, 1891, and following his conviction for defrauding the government was sentenced to a year in prison. (The other MPs to be expelled from the Canadian House of Commons are [[Louis Riel]] [twice] and Quebec communist [[Fred Rose (politician)|Fred Rose]].) Following his release on March 1, 1894, he was re-elected to Parliament in 1895.

He was the contractor for the building of the [[Parliament of Canada]].

He was married three times: to Mary Ann Rourke on July 13, 1857, to Bridget Caroline Nolan on February 4, 1861 and to Mary Georgina Woolsey on January 30, 1867. He had several children by Mary Georgina including Stella and Herbert. Mary Georgina Woolsey came from a wealthy Quebec family, now most famous for being the subject of [[William Berczy]]'s portrait of ''The Woolsey Family'' (1809).

== Electoral record ==
{{1867 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1872 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1874 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1878 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1882 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1887 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}
{{1891 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}

{{CanElec1-by|17 April 1895|On Hearn's death, 17 May 1894}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal-Conservative|Thomas McGreevy|acclaimed}}
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{{1896 Canadian federal election/Quebec West}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Canadabio|ID=6275}}
* {{Quebec MLC biography|mcgreevy-thomas-283}}
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16773}}

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