John Campbell Elliott, (August 25, 1872 – December 20, 1941) was a

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and politician.

Early life

He was born in Ekfrid, Ontario, the son of George Elliott and Jane Campbell. He was educated at the

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in the

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, studied law at

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and was called to the bar in 1896.

Career

J. C. Elliott was first elected to the

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in 1908 as the

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(MLA) for the

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area riding of Middlesex West and a member of the

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. The Liberals were out of government for the entire time Elliott was an MLA. In 1919, he ran in the first Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention, coming in a poor third, and left provincial politics shortly afterwards. Elliott moved to federal politics a few years later winning a seat in the

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in the 1925 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Middlesex West. In March 1926, he was appointed to the

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as Minister of Labour. In September of that year, he was moved to the position of

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, and remained in that portfolio until the Liberal government's defeat in the 1930 election. Elliott was personally re-elected and sat on the Opposition benches until the Liberals returned to power in the 1935 election. Elliott was returned to Cabinet, this time as

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. In 1940, he was appointed to the

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where he sat until his death the next year.

Personal life

J.C. Elliott was a member of a Baptist church, never married and had no issue. Elliott was a District Deputy in the

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Order.

External links

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''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'', HW Charlesworth (1919)
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