John Jabez Thurston (11 October 1888 – 8 January 1960) was an

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member of the

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. He was born in Fenelon Township, Ontario and became a farmer. He was elected to Parliament at the Victoria, Ontario riding in the 1921 general election. After serving his only term, the

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, Thurston did not seek re-election in the 1925 vote and was succeeded by

Thomas Hubert Stinson Thomas Hubert Stinson (26 February 1883 – 29 January 1965) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada and a barrister. He was born in Minden, Ontario. Stinson attended public school at Minden, Ontario, then secondary schoo ...

of the

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. In the 1926 election, Thurston campaigned at Victoria riding under the

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but was defeated by Stinson.

Electoral record

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External links

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John Jabez Thurston at Linked Parliamentary Data (LiPaD)
1888 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Canadian farmers Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario {{Ontario-MP-stub