Edmund Power Flynn

Edmund Power Flynn (born August 19, 1828 – January 26, 1900) was a Canadian politician, Richmond County's first coroner and merchant. He was the son of John Flynn (1789–1839) and Mary Power (1794–1849) both born in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1874 as a Member of the Liberal Party for Richmond. He was re-elected in 1878 and 1887. He was defeated in the elections of 1882 and 1891.

Biography Born August 19, 1928, in Arichat, Nova Scotia, he was educated in Cape Breton and became a merchant in Arichat. In 1852, Flynn married Mary Ann Barry (died 1862) he then married Ellen Phelan in 1865. He was coroner for Richmond County from 1863 to 1900.

Prior to his federal political experience, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia as a Member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party for Richmond, serving from 1867 to 1874. During his time in the Nova Scotia legislature, he was a Minister without portfolio in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. He was made Commissioner of Crown Lands in 1871 and served until he resigned from the provincial assembly in 1874 to contest the federal seat.

Flynn was customs collector at Arichat from 1897 until his death there on January 26, 1900, aged 71.

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