Thomas Andrew Murray KIRK
KIRK, Thomas Andrew Murray, B.A., B.Sc.
Personal Data
- Party
- Liberal
- Constituency
- Shelburne--Yarmouth--Clare (Nova Scotia)
- Birth Date
- January 17, 1906
- Deceased Date
- August 10, 1966
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Andrew_Murray_Kirk
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=d4e0eefc-bb5b-42c6-b3f0-c50affda5b7c&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- administrator, school inspector, teacher
Parliamentary Career
- June 27, 1949 - June 13, 1953
- LIBDigby--Yarmouth (Nova Scotia)
- August 10, 1953 - April 12, 1957
- LIBShelburne--Yarmouth--Clare (Nova Scotia)
- Parliamentary Assistant to the Postmaster General (October 14, 1953 - April 12, 1957)
- June 10, 1957 - February 1, 1958
- LIBShelburne--Yarmouth--Clare (Nova Scotia)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 4 of 29)
December 9, 1957
1. What are the termini of the trans-Canada highway in Prince Edward Island?
2. What is the mileage between these two points?
3. How many miles have already been paved?
4. When is it expected that the pavement will be completed?
Answer by: Mr. Hodgson, Parliamentary Assistant, for the Minister of Public Works:
1. Wood Island ferry, the terminal of the Prince Edward Island-Nova Scotia ferry and the town of Borden, the Prince Edward Island terminal of the ferry system to Cape Tormen-tine, N.B.
2. 73.08 miles. Of this mileage 1.25 miles through the city of Charlottetown has not been incorporated in the trans-Canada highway.
3. Contracts covering 69.79 miles of paving have been awarded to date, of which 67.35 miles have been completed.
4. It is expected that all paving, with the possible exception of the approaches to the Hillsborough bridge will be completed in 1958.
Subtopic: TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY, P.E.I.
December 6, 1957
1. How many of the patrol boats in the protection service of the Department of Fisheries are used mainly to enforce the 12-mile fishing limit?
2. What was the date of the first order in council establishing the 12-mile limit for Canadian trawlers?
Answer by: Hon. J. A. MacLean (Minister of
Fisheries):
1. No patrol boat is occupied full time in such enforcement. The work is mainly carried on by C.G.S. Cygnus. Assistance is given by six of the department's larger patrol boats.
2. April 6, 1915.
Subtopic: FISHERIES PATROL BOATS
December 5, 1957
Mr. T. A. M. Kirk (Shelburne-Yarmoufh-Clare):
I should like to direct a question to the Minister of Fisheries. In view of the severe southwesterly storms which have done a great deal of damage to the lobster traps in the southwestern end of Nova Scotia, is his department taking any specific action to assist the fishermen who have suffered this severe loss?
Subtopic: ASSISTANCE TO FISHERMEN
November 29, 1957
Mr. T. A. M. Kirk (Shelburne-Yarmouth-Clare):
Mr. Speaker, may I direct a question to the Minister of Fisheries and ask him whether he has received representations from the Shelburne and other county ministerial associations, requesting that the opening of the lobster season in district No. 4 be changed from Sunday, December 1, to Tuesday, December 3? If so, what action if any does the minister plan to take?
Subtopic: LOBSTER DISTRICT NO. 4, N.S.-OPENING OF SEASON
November 22, 1957
Mr. Kirk:
Did I understand the minister to say he was ready to table the report he has in the department?