Harold Warren Danforth (8 April 1916 – 7 May 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. Born in

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, he was a farmer by career. Danforth attended

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after which he farmed in the Blenheim area. He became a local councillor in

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between 1956 and 1958 and was then elected at the

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riding in the 1958 federal election. Although he was defeated in the following federal election in 1962, he won the riding back in the 1963 election and was re-elected in

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. In 1966, riding boundaries were changed and Danforth won at the new

Kent—Essex Kent—Essex was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was created in the redistribution of 1966 from parts of Essex So ...

riding in the 1968 federal election and again in the 1972 election. Danforth left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1974 election by

Robert Daudlin Robert Mose Patrick Daudlin (born 3 March 1940) is a Canadian lawyer who was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Port Crewe, Ontario, He won the Kent—Essex electoral district in the 1974 federal election and wa ...

of the

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* 1916 births 1993 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs People from Leamington, Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub

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