Henry Lumley Drayton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Islington-City Centre West, Ontario, Canada
About Henry Lumley Drayton
- Sir Henry Lumley Drayton, (April 27, 1869 – August 28, 1950) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Philip Henry Drayton, who came to Canada with the 16th Rifles of England, and Margaret S.
- Covernton, Drayton was educated in the schools of England and Canada.
- He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1891 and was created a King's Counsel in 1908.
- He married Edith Mary Cawthra and had three daughters. From 1893 to 1900, he was an Assistant City Solicitor for Toronto.
- In 1900, he formed a partnership with Charles J.
- Holman.
- In 1902, he was appointed Counsel to the Railway Committee of the Ontario Legislature.
- From 1904 to 1909, he was a County Crown Attorney for the County of York.
- In 1910, he was appointed Counsel for the Corporation of the City of Toronto.
- In 1911, he was appointed to the Toronto Power Commission.
- In 1912, he was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada from Kingston in a 1919 by-election as a Conservative Party candidate.
- He served as Minister of Finance under both Sir Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen until the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1921 general election.
- Drayton kept his seat in that election. In 1927, he was a candidate the leadership of the Conservative Party, but finished in last place.
- Drayton retired from politics in 1928 to become chairman of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. He attempted to return to Parliament in the 1945 election from a seat in Victoria, British Columbia, but lost narrowly to the Liberal candidate.
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