Jack Irvine
Jack Irvine | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for London | |
| In office April 8, 1963[1] – June 25, 1968[2] | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Halpenny |
| Succeeded by | Judd Buchanan |
| Alderman for London City Council | |
| In office 1960–1963[3] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1912 Wolfe Island, Ontario |
| Died | 20 July 1996 (aged 84) Simcoe, Ontario[4] |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Doris Virginia Seeley (married July 3, 1937[3] - June 7, 1967[5]) |
| Children | John H. Irvine[5] |
| Parents | |
| Education | Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Queen's University[3] |
| Profession | merchant |
John Alfred (Jack) Irvine (26 January 1912 – 20 July 1996) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a merchant by career. Irvine ran Irvine Appliances.[6]
Irvine was born at Wolfe Island, Ontario. He married Doris Seeley in 1937, and moved to Lambeth, London, Ontario in 1950.[5] He entered municipal politics in 1959, becoming an alderman for the London, Ontario city government.[4]
Irvine left local politics in 1963[3] and was elected to the House of Commons at the London riding in the 1963 general election, then re-elected there in the 1965. After electoral district boundary changes in the late 1960s, Irvine campaigned at London West for the 1968 federal election but lost to Judd Buchanan of the Liberal party.
Irvine died at a nursing home in Simcoe, Ontario in July 1996.[4]
| 1963 Canadian federal election: London | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Irvine | 15,700 | ||||||
| Liberal | Clarence M. Peterson | 14,262 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Paddy O'Brien | 3,335 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lloyd H. Alford | 599 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: London | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Irvine | 13,763 | ||||||
| Liberal | Margaret Fullerton | 11,164 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Clayton Fee | 4,412 | ||||||
| Independent | Albert W. Plumb | 422 | ||||||
| Communist | Thomas Morris | 271 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Brock, Dan; McEwan, Catherine (2011). Fragments from the Forks: London, Ontario's Legacy. London, Ontario, Canada: The London and Middlesex Historical Society. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-9866899-0-1.
- ^ Brock, Dan; McEwan, Catherine (2011). Fragments from the Forks: London, Ontario's Legacy. London, Ontario, Canada: The London and Middlesex Historical Society. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-9866899-0-1.
- ^ a b c d e f Johnson, J.E. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Ontario: Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Former MP And Local Resident Dies". Kingston Whig-Standard. 25 July 1996. p. 9.
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Irvine dies at 49". London Free Press. 7 June 1967.
- ^ "House to be removed for new bank site". London Free Press. 3 July 1950.
External links
[edit]- Jack Irvine – Parliament of Canada biography
- Linked Parliamentary Data - John Alfred Irvine - Parliamentary Career and Most Recent Speeches
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