Alexander Dew Chaplin (10 April 1872 – 18 January 1938) was a
Canadian businessman and politician. Chaplin was a
Conservative member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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. He was born in
Port Granby, Ontario
Port Granby is a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. The community is on Lake Ontario at the mouth of Port Granby Creek, and lies at an elevation of .
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and became a manufacturer.
The son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, he was educated in
St. Catharines, Ontario
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontari ...
and
Toronto, Ontario.
Chaplin was managing director and secretary-treasurer for the
Chatham, Ontario based Hayes Wheel Company of Canada
and was first elected to Parliament at the
Kent, Ontario riding in the
1925 general election. After serving one term in Parliament, Chaplin was defeated in the
1926 federal election by
James Rutherford of the
Liberal party.
His brother
James Dew and his nephew
Gordon Chaplin also served in the House of Commons.
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1872 births
1938 deaths
Businesspeople from Ontario
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
People from Clarington
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