James Dew Chaplin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About James Dew Chaplin
- James Dew Chaplin, (March 20, 1863 – August 23, 1937) was a Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Canada West, the son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, Chaplin was educated at the Public Schools and St.
- Catharines Collegiate Institute.
- A manufacturer in St.
- Catharines, Ontario, he was president of the Chaplin Wheel Company, Canada Axe and Harvest Tool Company, and the Wallingford Manufacturing Company.
- Chaplin served four years as a member of St.
- Catharines city council.He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Lincoln in the 1917 federal election.
- A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1926, and 1930.
- In 1926, he was the Minister of Trade and Commerce in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen.In 1888, Chaplin married Edna Elizabeth Burgess.
- He died in St.
- Catharines at the age of 74.His brother Alexander Dew, his son Gordon and his granddaughter Edna Anderson also served in the House of Commons.
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