John Ellwood Madill (15 January 1915 – 5 December 1999) was a
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada. He was born in
Melancthon, Ontario
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From 1952 to 1957, he was a municipal councillor for
Mono Township, subsequently its deputy reeve to 1959, then reeve from that point until 1963. In 1962, he was warden of
Dufferin County
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Elwood Madill was an insurance agent in
Orangeville, Ontario when he won the local Progressive Conservative nomination for the
Dufferin—Simcoe riding on 16 February 1963.
Madill won that seat in the
federal election later that year. He was re-elected to a second term in
1965.
Due to riding boundary realignments in 1966, Madill campaigned in the newly formed
Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
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riding in the
1968 election but lost to
Bruce Beer of the
Liberal party
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. Beer only served one term in Parliament before Madill won back Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe in the
1972 federal election. However, after his term in the
29th Parliament, Madill left federal political office after his defeat to
Ross Milne in the
1974 federal election.
Besides his insurance practice, Madill was also a businessman and farmer during his career.
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1915 births
1999 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Ontario municipal councillors
People from Dufferin County
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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