appointed death_date birth_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
john sparrow david thompson 22 december 1914 ballyvourney , county cork , ireland conservative senator assembly of manitoba for brandon west for selkirk , manitoba member of the legislative 05 may 1848 1892 1886 john nesbitt kirchhoffer.png john nesbitt kirchhoffer
 1914 1888 john nesbitt kirchhoffer
john nesbitt kirchhoffer

john nesbitt kirchhoffer -lrb- may 5 , 1848 -- december 22 , 1914 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
born in ballyvourney , county cork , ireland , the son of the reverend richard b. kirchhoffer , rector of ballyvourney parish , he was educated at marlborough college and came to canada in 1864 .
kirchhoffer served as an ensign in the fenian raids in 1866 and subsequently was captain of one of the companies of the port hope -lrb- 46th -rrb- battalion .
he was called to the ontario bar in october 1871 and practiced law in port hope , ontario with his uncle , nesbitt kirchhoffer .
he moved to manitoba in 1883 , and was called to the manitoba bar in 1884 .
kirchhoffer founded the town of souris , manitoba and the plum creek settlement , and served as reeve and mayor of souris .
he was a member of the legislative assembly of manitoba from 1886 to 1888 representing brandon west .
kirchhoffer also served on the western judicial district board , representing brandon and dennis counties .
he was called to the senate on december 16 , 1892 on the advice of john sparrow david thompson representing the senatorial division of selkirk , manitoba .
a conservative , he was chairman of the senate divorce committee in 1895 and 1896 , and of the senate contingent committee in 1897 .
he served 22 years until his death in 1914 .
kirchhoffer was also a keen cricketer , representing canada in a match against the united states on the germantown cricket club ground , nicetown , philadelphia in 1880 , scoring one run and taking two catches in a drawn match .
he served as president of the ontario cricket club and of the canadian zingari cricket club .
in 1881 and 1882 , kirchhoffer captained canadian international cricket teams which played against the united states .
