John Campbell Elliott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Southwest Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
About John Campbell Elliott
- John Campbell Elliott, (August 25, 1872 – December 20, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Ekfrid, Ontario, the son of George Elliott and Jane Campbell.
- He was educated at the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1896. J.
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- Elliott was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1908 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the London, Ontario area riding of Middlesex West and a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.
- The Liberals were out of government for the entire time Elliott was an MLA.
- In 1919, he ran in the first Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention, coming in a poor third, and left provincial politics shortly afterwards. Elliott moved to federal politics a few years later winning a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1925 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Middlesex West.
- In March 1926, he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet by William Lyon Mackenzie King as Minister of Labour.
- In September of that year, he was moved to the position of Minister of Public Works, and remained in that portfolio until the Liberal government's defeat in the 1930 election.
- Elliott was personally re-elected and sat on the Opposition benches until the Liberals returned to power in the 1935 election.
- Elliott was returned to Cabinet, this time as Postmaster-General.
- In 1940, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada where he sat until his death the next year. J.C.
- Elliott was a member of a Baptist church, never married and had no issue.
- Elliott was a District Deputy in the Masonic Order.
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