Patrick Joseph Canning (March 17, 1915 – 1991) was a Canadian educator, business owner and politician in Newfoundland.
He represented the electoral district of Burin-Placentia West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 to 1972 and 1975 to 1979.
[1] The son of Bernard Canning and Elizabeth Pomroy, he was born in 1915 in Merasheen[2] and was educated there[2] and at Memorial University College.
Canning joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and saw service in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II.
After the war, he taught school for several years and then was employed as manager for James Baird Ltd. in Marystown from 1949 to 1951.