death_date successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_place party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
14 september 1879 newton legayet mackay william mcdonald canadian county tyrone , ireland cape breton st. andrews , new brunswick anti-confederate 1815 1867 james charles mckeagney
 1872 james charles mckeagney
james charles mckeagney

james charles mckeagney -lrb- 1815 -- 14 september 1879 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer , politician , and judge .
born in county tyrone , ireland , he moved to nova scotia with his family in 1822 .
he was educated in baddeck and at mcqueen 's academy in halifax .
mckeagney was called to the nova scotia bar in 1838 .
he was first elected to the nova scotia house of assembly for richmond county in 1840 but his election was overturned on a technicality .
mckeagney represented inverness county from 1843 to 1847 and then sydney township from 1848 to 1851 and again from 1855 to 1859 .
in 1857 , he was named inspector of mines and minerals .
mckeagney was named queen 's counsel in 1866 .
he was married twice : to eliza henry in 1842 and to eliza hearne in 1857 .
in 1867 , he was elected to the canadian house of commons for the nova scotia riding of cape breton as a member of the anti-confederation party .
he was defeated in 1872 .
in 1872 , he was appointed a puisne judge of the court of queen 's bench of manitoba .
mckeagney died in st. andrews , new brunswick .
