(died 20 July 1884, aged about 57), businessman. Born in GC. Parents: Patrick McGauvran and his wife Elizabeth Wait. He obtained some education at Plantagenet, Prescott County, and became a merchant, sawmill proprietor, a director of the National Insurance Co., and a JP. He was on the Montreal city council 1864-1877, and was president 1866-1877 of the commission for the Montreal aqueduct. From 1873 to 1878 he was a Conservative member of the Quebec legislature for Montreal West. He never married. Roman Catholic. No evidence has come to light of his having any connection with GC in his adult years. It may be guessed that his father, Patrick, was the farmer, aged 82, born in Ireland, who in 1871 was living in Alfred Township, Prescott County, and that a James and Joseph who are named at the same time as a merchant and lumber merchant respectively in the townships of Plantagenet North and Alfred of the same county were of the same family.

DPQ 487-488 * 1871 196 (sp. McGauvran and McGauvren) * aqueduct: see also Hon. D. A. Macdonald