John Arthur Fullerton (May 12, 1912 – July 5, 1965) was a politician in

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, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1945 to 1963. He represented the riding of Algoma—Manitoulin.

Background

He was born in

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, the son of James Albert Fullerton, and educated there. In 1938, he married Marian Dobie. Fullerton was a furniture dealer and funeral director. He served on the town council and was also a master in the local

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lodge. He and Marian raised four children.

Politics

In 1945, Fullerton ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the northern Ontario riding of Algoma—Manitoulin. He defeated

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candidate J.F. McDermid by 419 votes. He was re-elected in 1948, 1951, 1955 and 1959. In 1963, he was defeated by Liberal candidate Stan Farquhar by 1,644 votes. Fullerton attributed his loss to "free beer and cocktail parties" given out by the opposition. Others believed that the loss was due to a controversial relocation of a senior's residence that was to be built in Espanola but was instead moved to his own home town of Thessalon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fullerton, John 1912 births 1965 deaths Canadian funeral directors People from Algoma District Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs