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Allan Ross Webster (24 March 1903 – 3 January 1988) was a
Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
businessman and politician. Webster was a Progressive Conservative party member of the
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. He was born in
Duluth, Minnesota Duluth ( ) is a Port, port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota, St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population ...
, United States and became an importer and merchant by career. After an unsuccessful attempt to win the
Saint-Antoine—Westmount St. Antoine—Westmount and Saint-Antoine—Westmount were federal electoral district (Canada), electoral districts in Quebec, Canada, that were represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. "St. Antoine—Westmount" Riding ...
riding in the 1957 general election, Webster won the riding in the following year's election. After completing his only federal term, the
24th Canadian Parliament The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolve ...
, Webster left office and did not campaign for another federal election.


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* 1903 births 1988 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Duluth, Minnesota Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub