Arthur John Child (September 15, 1915 – June 30, 1996) was a British-born Canadian politician and former amateur ice hockey goaltender. He played ice hockey for three British teams from 1935 to 1940. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1951 to 1959 representing the

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area riding of

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Background

Child was born at London, England in 1915, the son of Alfred Child. He moved to Canada in 1919 and was educated in

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, but returned to England to play hockey in 1935. He was the

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goaltender for the GB national ice hockey team which won gold at the

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(see

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). Child himself did not take to the ice during the tournament and was not awarded a gold medal. He also played for the

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. He is a member of the

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. Child later returned to Canada and worked as a supervisor for the American Can Company. He was also involved in the local sports circles in Hamilton, Ontario. He married Olga Hubert in 1940 in London, England and had one son. Child died of a heart attack while playing golf at the Dundas Golf and Country Club in 1996. He was 80.

Politics

In the 1951 provincial election, Child ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the

area riding of

. He defeated incumbent

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member J.L. Easton by 381 votes. He served as a backbench supporter of the

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government for the next eight years and was re-elected in 1955. In the 1959 election, he was defeated by

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candidate

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by 944 votes.

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