Roy Knight, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roy Knight

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1891

Place of Birth: Cookstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1971

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert Ross "Roy" Knight (12 December 1891 – 11 September 1971) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada.
He was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and became a farmer and teacher by career. Knight lived in Northern Ireland during his childhood, attending the Royal School Dungannon.
He moved to Canada in 1909, attended Saskatoon Normal School, then Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where he received his Bachelor of Arts.He was first elected at the Saskatoon City riding in the 1945 general election, then re-elected at Saskatoon in 1949 and again in 1953.
Knight was defeated by Henry Frank Jones of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.
Knight was again unsuccessful there in 1958.