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Adam Holland Acres (May 11, 1878 – April 20, 1955) was an
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
politician. He was a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1948. He represented the riding of Carleton.


Background

He was born in
March Township, Ontario March Township is a geographic township and former municipality originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is currently part of the City of Ottawa. It is located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest ...
,
Carleton County, Ontario Carleton County is the name of a former county in Ontario, Canada. In 1969, it was superseded by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton. In 2001, the Regional Municipality and its eleven local municipalities (including Ottawa) were repla ...
, the son of George H. Acres. In 1900, he married Almena Waterson. His farm was situated on
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Bay on the Ottawa River.


Politics

Acres served as reeve for the township from 1913 to 1916. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a
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(MLA) representing Carleton in 1923. Acres was a candidate in the 1936 Conservative leadership convention placing sixth. He continued to sit in the legislature as a Tory
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er until the 1948 Ontario election, when he retired from politics.


References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1930'', AL Normandin


External links

* 1878 births 1955 deaths Canadian people of English descent Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Reeves of March Township {{Ontario-mayor-stub