Cecil Alexander (Tiny) Cathers (21 April 1901 – 6 December 1989) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a business executive and farmer by career. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1957 general election after a previous unsuccessful attempt to win a seat there in the 1953 election. Cathers was re-elected in the 1958 election, but defeated by

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of the

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in the 1962 election. Cathers died at Toronto's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 6 December 1989.

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* 1901 births 1989 deaths Businesspeople from Toronto Canadian business executives Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from Toronto Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub