Biography

03/17/1927 - 11/25/1990

McGINNIS, Patrick Joseph, a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 17, 1927; graduated, St. Joseph’s Preparatory School; attended, Admiral Billard Naval Academy; attended, Merchant Marine Academy; food broker; board chairman, H.A. McGinnis Company; president, F.M. Brokerage Company; president, P.J. McGinnis Sales Consultants; vice president, United Franchise Corporation; director, United Energy Corporation; director, Kellett Corporation; vice chairman, Whitpain Township Board of Supervisors; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1972; reelected in 1974 and 1976; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1978); founder and board chairman, southern division, H.A. McGinnis Company, Tampa (1979-1983); died, November 25, 1990 in Bal Harbour, Miami-Dade County, Florida; interred, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.