William Pattison Telford Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Pattison Telford Jr.
Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Sydenham, Ontario, Canada
About William Pattison Telford Jr.
- William Pattison Telford (26 November 1867 – 13 March 1955) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Sydenham, Ontario and became a lawyer.
- His father was William Pattison Telford Sr., another member of Parliament. From 1901 to 1903, Telford served as a municipal councillor for Owen Sound. He was first elected to Parliament at the Grey North riding in the 1926 general election after an earlier unsuccessful campaign there in 1921.
- He was defeated by Victor Clarence Porteous of the Conservatives in the 1930 election.
- Telford won the riding back from Porteous in the 1935 election, and was elected again in 1940.
- Telford resigned on 9 December 1944 to provide an available riding for fellow Liberal Andrew McNaughton to seek election, but McNaughton lost the resulting by-election to Conservative candidate W.
- Garfield Case.
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