Findlay (Finlay) George MacDiarmid (October 11, 1869 – July 15, 1933) was an

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farmer and political figure. He represented

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in the

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as a

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member in 1898 and from 1900 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1929. He was born in New Glasgow, Aldborough Township,

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, the son of Finlay MacDiarmid. He served on the township council for Aldborough Township. In 1895, he married Minnie McGugan. In the 1898 election, he was declared defeated but then was declared elected on appeal. That election was then voided and he lost the by-election that followed in 1899 to Donald Macnish. After another appeal, MacDiarmid won a by-election held in 1900. He served as Minister of Public Works and Highways from 1914 to 1919, Minister of Public Highways from 1916 to 1919, and Minister of Labour (although

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is credited as first Minister of Labour after 1919 elections) from February to November 1919. He died from a stroke at

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on July 15, 1933.

References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1901'', AJ Magurn

External links

* 1869 births 1933 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub