Thomas Kelso Creighton (April 4, 1892 - October 20, 1973) was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of
Ontario in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1945 to 1948. He was a member of the
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
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.
Born April 4, 1892 in
Dorchester,
Ontario, Creighton was educated at the
University of Toronto and
Osgoode Hall, and was admitted to the bar as a lawyer in 1919.
[''The American Bar, the Canadian Bar, the International Bar, Volumes 1964-1965''. R.B. Forster & Associates, 1965.] He practiced law in
Oshawa
Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...
,
Ontario, and was appointed
King's Counsel
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in 1938.
He died in Oshawa at the age of 81.
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1892 births
1973 deaths
People from Middlesex County, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Canadian King's Counsel
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