Clayton Earl Desmond (9 March 1894 – 14 July 1968) was a
National Government and
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was born in
Morpeth, Ontario
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and became a farmer by career.
He was first elected to Parliament at the
Kent
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riding in the
1940 general election under the National Government affiliation, then re-elected as a Progressive Conservative for a second term in
1945
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Januar ...
. He was defeated by
Blake Huffman
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of the
Liberal party
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in the
1949 election.
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1894 births
1968 deaths
20th-century Canadian farmers
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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