Albert Earl Catherwood (23 May 1900 – 25 March 1988) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

politician and farmer. Catherwood served as a Progressive Conservative 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. The House of Common ...

. Born in

Hagersville, Ontario Hagersville is a community in Haldimand County, Ontario in Canada. Location and airports *Hagersville is approximately southwest of Hamilton, Ontario, southwest of Caledonia, Ontario, and northeast of Port Dover, Ontario. *Hagersville's neares ...

, he was a farmer by career. He was also reeve of

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in 1947 after being a councillor there from 1935 to 1943. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the 1949 general election. When the riding was dissolved in 1952, Catherwood did not seek re-election in the new

Brant—Haldimand Brant—Haldimand was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1999. The Riding ...

riding but instead let John Charlton stand as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the 1953 election. He died aged 87 in 1988 at West Haldimand General Hospital, where he had resided since 1986.

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* 1900 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Canadian farmers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Haldimand County Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub