Lewis Elston Cardiff (22 January 1889 – 16 April 1969) was a
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada. He was born in
Brussels, Ontario
Brussels is a community within the Municipality of Huron East in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It held village status prior to 2001. The most recent population estimate was 993 residents in 2021.
History
Brussels was settled in 1854, when ...
and initially chose farming as his career.
From 1932 to 1940, Elston Cardiff was Reeve of Ontario's
Morris Township. After this he entered federal politics with his election at the
Huron North
Huron North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882, and from 1917 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided ...
riding in the
1940 general election. He became a member of Parliament under the
National Government party banner which was used by the
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
at that time. Cardiff became a Progressive Conservative member when that party adopted this new name in 1942.
Cardiff was re-elected to successive Parliament terms at Huron North in
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat.
Events
Below, ...
and
1949. He was then re-elected in
Huron riding after electoral district boundary changes, winning in
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...
,
1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...
,
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
,
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
and
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
. The
26th Canadian Parliament
The 26th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 16, 1963, until September 8, 1965. The membership was set by the 1963 federal election on April 8, 1963, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved ...
marked his final term in office and Cardiff did not seek another term in the
1965 election.
During his time in federal office, Cardiff was party
Whip in 1957 and 1958. For two years from November 1959 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, then from January to April 1962 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare.
His grandson,
Murray Cardiff
Murray Cardiff (10 June 1934 – 31 October 2013) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Grey Township, Ontario and was a farmer by career.
He represented the Ontario riding of Huro ...
later served as member for
Huron—Bruce
Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
History
The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Hur ...
.
References
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1889 births
1969 deaths
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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