James William Baskin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario, Canada
About James William Baskin
- James William Baskin (January 4, 1920 in Norwood, Ontario, Canada – January 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician, businessman and lumberman.
- He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Renfrew South in the 1957 federal election.
- He was re-elected in 1958 and 1962. The son of James Robert Baskin and Ethel Gill, he was educated in Norwood.
- In 1940, he married Gladys L.
- Scott.
- Baskin operated a wholesale lumber business in Renfrew.He lost in the elections of 1963, 1965 and 1968, the latter in which he was a candidate for the riding of Lanark and Renfrew.
- Prior to his federal political experience, he served in World War II in the Royal Canadian Air Force for five years.
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