About William E. Brophy
Born 1888. William E. Brophy was a politician.
William Edward Brophy (July 1, 1885 – after 1929) was a grocer and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1927 to 1928.
Biography
William was the son of Edward Brophy and Anne Walsh. He was born in St. John's in 1885. He was educated at St. Patrick's Hall. Brophy was elected to St. John's City Council as an alderman in 1925 He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in a 1927 by-election Brophy Lane and Brophy Place in St. John's are named in his honour.
In 1913, Brophy married Mollie Canning.
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