Lee Elgy Grills (20 April 1904 – 3 November 1982) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was a dairy farmer and proprietor by career. He was born in

Belleville, Ontario Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada, situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 55,071 (Census Metropolitan Area population 1 ...

. Grills was a member of Sidney Township council starting in 1946. He became deputy reeve of that municipality in 1949 and reeve in 1951. In 1952, he was warden of

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, leaving municipal politics later that year. He first campaigned for a seat in the House of Commons in the 1953 federal election at the Hastings South riding, but was unsuccessful then. He won the seat on his second attempt in the 1957 election, defeating incumbent Frank Follwell. Grills was re-elected in

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and

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, defeated in

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by Liberal candidate Robert Temple, then returned to Parliament in the 1965 election. With new riding boundaries, Grills returned to Parliament for the Hastings riding in the 1968 election. After finishing his term in the

28th Canadian Parliament The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was di ...

, Grills left federal politics and did not campaign in another election.

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* 1904 births 1982 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Politicians from Belleville, Ontario 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario People from Quinte West 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Ontario-mayor-stub