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Canadian politician
Lewis Elston Cardiff
(22 January 1889 ? 16 April 1969) was a
Progressive Conservative party
member of the
House of Commons of Canada
. He was born in
Brussels
,
Ontario
and initially chose farming as his career.
From 1932 to 1940, Elston Cardiff was Reeve of Ontario's
Morris Township
. After this he entered federal politics with his election at the
Huron North
riding in the
1940 general election
. He became a member of Parliament under the
National Government
party banner which was used by the
Conservative Party
at that time. Cardiff became a Progressive Conservative member when that party adopted this new name in 1942.
Cardiff was re-elected to successive Parliament terms at Huron North in
1945
and
1949
. He was then re-elected in
Huron riding
after electoral district boundary changes, winning in
1953
,
1957
,
1958
,
1962
and
1963
. The
26th Canadian Parliament
marked his final term in office and Cardiff did not seek another term in the
1965 election
.
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During his time in federal office, Cardiff was party
Whip
in 1957 and 1958. For two years from November 1959 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, then from January to April 1962 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare.
His grandson,
Murray Cardiff
later served as member for
Huron?Bruce
.
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