death_place death_date birth_place party office birth_date term article_title name
clifton springs , new york 21 february 1917 cobourg , upper canada progressive conservative party of ontario mpp for northumberland west 13 october 1838 february 27 , 1883 -- november 15 , 1886 robert mulholland
 robert mulholland
robert mulholland

`` this article is about the canadian businessman and political figure .
for the california democratic party spokesman and advisor , see bob mulholland . ''
robert mulholland -lrb- october 13 , 1838 -- february 21 , 1917 -rrb- was an ontario businessman and political figure .
he represented northumberland west in the legislative assembly of ontario as a conservative member from 1883 to 1886 .
he was born near cobourg in upper canada , the son of john mulholland , an irish immigrant , and studied at the commercial college in oswego , new york .
he worked for a merchant in baltimore for three years and was then given charge of a general store in roseneath in northumberland county owned by the same merchant .
he also served as postmaster for rosemeath .
in 1857 , with alexander kennedy , he purchased a general store in the nearby town of alderville .
in 1859 , he married mary kennedy , his partner 's sister .
around 1865 , that business was sold and mulholland moved to cobourg where he opened a hardware and grocery store with peter brown .
he also established a dry good business in partnership with william graham .
mulholland served on the cobourg town council .
he died in february 1917 at clifton springs , new york .
his son robert alexander managed a branch of the firm mulholland & brown in port hope and later served in the canadian senate .
