Earl Desmond

Not to be confused with Earl of Desmond.
Earl Desmond
Member of Parliament
for Kent
In office
March 1940  June 1949
Preceded by Arthur Lisle Thompson
Succeeded by Blake Huffman
Personal details
Born Clayton Earl Desmond
(1894-03-09)9 March 1894
Morpeth, Ontario
Died 14 July 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 74)
Chatham, Ontario
Political party Progressive Conservative
National Government
Spouse(s) Maribel Fraser
m. 17 August 1918[1]
Profession farmer

Clayton Earl Desmond (9 March 1894 14 July 1968) was a National Government and Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Morpeth, Ontario and became a farmer by career.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Kent riding in the 1940 general election under the National Government affiliation, then re-elected as a Progressive Conservative for a second term in 1945. He was defeated by Blake Huffman of the Liberal party in the 1949 election.

References

  1. Normandin, G. Pierre (1947). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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