John Stanfield (May 18, 1868 – January 22, 1934) was an industrialist and

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politician in

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, who represented

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in both the

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(1907–17) where he served as

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(1911–17) and the Canadian Senate (1921–34). He was the brother of the politician

Frank Stanfield Frank Stanfield (April 24, 1872 – September 25, 1931) was an entrepreneur in Nova Scotia, Canada, who was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1930–31) and represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly ...

Early life

He was born in

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, the son of Charles E. Stanfield and Lydia Dawson. The family moved to

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while Stanfield was still young, and attended

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. With his brother

, he took over the operation of his father's woollen mills in 1896; the company was incorporated as

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in 1906.About Us, Stanfield's Limited
In 1902, he married Sadie Yorston.

Career

Stanfield represented

in the

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from 1907 to 1917 as a

member and served as

from 1911 to 1917 when he retired from the Commons. He was a Lieutenant in the Colchester and Hants Rifle Corps Reserve and took a battalion overseas during

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. He was given command of the Nova Scotia Highland Brigade in 1916 but was invalided home in 1917. He was later an Honorary Colonel of the 76th Regiment of the Colchester and Hants Rifle Corps. Stanfield later sat for Colchester division in the

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from 1921 to 1934. He died in

in 1934 at the age of 65.

Electoral record

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanfield, John 1868 births 1934 deaths Canadian military personnel of World War I Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Canadian senators from Nova Scotia Politicians from Charlottetown 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada