John Albert Gregory (9 September 1878 – 22 January 1955) was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal, provincial and federal governments. He was born in

Exeter, Ontario Exeter is a community in the municipality of South Huron, in the southern portion of Huron County, Ontario, Canada, located approximately 40 kilometres north of London. The community proclaims itself the "Home of the White Squirrel", owing to ...

and became a businessman and school principal by career. His father, Thomas Gregory, had been principal of the high school in Exter. After attending schools in Exeter, Goderich and

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, he moved to western Canada for law studies. For twelve terms, he was mayor of the community of

North Battleford North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the seventh largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the Town of Battleford. Together, the two communities are known as "The Batt ...

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. Gregory was also a

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member of the

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from 1934 to 1940 at

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provincial riding. He was first elected as a

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candidate for the

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riding in the 1940 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, Gregory was defeated by

Max Campbell Alexander Maxwell (Max) Campbell (7 August 1888 – 14 August 1962) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became a contractor, farmer and manager by c ...

of the

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in the 1945 federal election.

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* 1878 births 1955 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Mayors of places in Saskatchewan Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan People from Huron County, Ontario Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs People from North Battleford {{Saskatchewan-mayor-stub