John James Carrick

John James Carrick
Born	1873-09-17
Died	1966-05-11

John James Carrick (September 17, 1873 – May 11, 1966) was an Ontario real estate promoter and political figure. He was always referred to by his initials as J.J. Carrick. Carrick served as mayor of Port Arthur in 1908. He represented Port Arthur in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1911 and Thunder Bay and Rainy River in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative member. He stepped aside in 1917 for his erstwhile protégé Donald McDonald Hogarth, but when the Port Arthur Liberal Association refused to accept Hogarth as the Unionist Party candidate, he gave way to Conservative Francis Henry Keefer who won the seat in the 1917 Canadian federal election for the Unionists.

Thunder Bay connections

John James Carrick (17 September 1873 – 11 May 1966), the son of John A. Carrick, was a real estate promoter and political figure who came to Port Arthur in 1903, attracted by a real estate boom in anticipation of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway locating at the Lakehead. He acquired and marketed numerous subdivisions on the fringes of the Port Arthur town plot, the most successful being Mariday Park, named after his wife Mary Jane Day, whom he married in 1899. He launched the Port Arthur Daily News in 1906, served as mayor of Port Arthur in 1908, represented Port Arthur in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1911, and represented Thunder Bay and Rainy River in the House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative. He was the mentor of Donald McDonald Hogarth and the father of Donald Carrick, who also served in the House of Commons. A subdivision in Thunder Bay is associated with his name, and a street in the Intercity area is named after him.

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