Harold Danforth

Harold Warren Danforth
Member of Parliament
for Kent
In office
March 1958  June 1962
Member of Parliament
for Kent
In office
April 1963  June 1968
Member of Parliament
for Kent—Essex
In office
June 1968  May 1974
Personal details
Born (1916-04-08)8 April 1916
Leamington, Ontario
Died 7 May 1993(1993-05-07) (aged 77)
Political party Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s) Isabel Cora
Profession farmer
Religion United Church
[1]

Harold Warren Danforth (8 April 1916 7 May 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career.

Danforth attended Ontario Agricultural College after which he farmed in the Blenheim area.[1][2] He became a local councillor in Blenheim, Ontario between 1956 and 1958 and was then elected at the Kent riding in the 1958 federal election. Although he was defeated in the following federal election in 1962, he won the riding back in the 1963 election and was re-elected in 1965. In 1966, riding boundaries were changed and Danforth won at the new Kent—Essex riding in the 1968 federal election and again in the 1972 election. Danforth left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1974 election by Robert Daudlin of the Liberal party.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, Pierre G. (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. Rhodes, John (2009). "Diefenbaker sweep lifted Danforth to MP’s job". Chatham This Week. Retrieved 2010-04-02.

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