Arthur John Lewis (12 March 1879 – 8 November 1961) was a British-Canadian minister, administrator and politician. Lewis served as a
Progressive party 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
Isham,
Northants,
England, the son of Arthur Lewis and Hannah S. Quincy, came to Canada in 1903 and became a
Presbyterian minister, manager and secretary.
Lewis was educated at the
University of Saskatchewan and Presbyterian College in
Saskatoon. In 1908, he married Eva M. Thomlinson.
He was elected to Parliament at the
Swift Current riding in the
1921 general election. After completing one term in the House of Commons, Lewis was defeated in the
1925 federal election by
Charles Edward Bothwell of the
Liberals. Lewis was again unsuccessful at the riding during the
1926 federal election campaign. He made one more attempt to return to Parliament, this time as a
Social Credit party candidate in the
1935 election at the
Melfort riding but was again unsuccessful.
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1879 births
1961 deaths
Canadian Presbyterian ministers
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
Progressive Party of Canada MPs
Social Credit Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
British emigrants to Canada
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