Benjamin Graydon Allmark (June 1, 1911 – January 4, 2004) was a

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, planning supervisor and superintendent. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Progressive Conservatives for the riding of Kingston in the

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election and defeated in the

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election. He had a seat in the house of commons for the 24th Canadian Parliament, when

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was prime minister. He worked as a sailor for

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for 11 years, rising to first mate. He was an alderman for

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before that.Graydon Snell - Stories from my Grandparents Then at the Kingston operations of

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becoming a manager. Allmark moved to

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in 1976. He died there in 2004, aged 92.

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* 1911 births 2004 deaths Kingston, Ontario city councillors Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub