Lloyd Averall Letherby (July 27, 1900 – January 4, 1968) was a politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1954 to 1967 who represented the central Ontario riding of
Simcoe East.
Background
Letherby was born in
Midland, Ontario
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Huronia/Wendat region of Central Ontario.
Located at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region ...
. He went to school there and graduated from high school. After school he worked in a number of occupations including travelling salesman, grocery store owner, newspaper editor and insurance and real estate broker. He lived in
Coldwater, Ontario where he and his wife raised one son.
Politics
In 1935 he was elected reeve of
Coldwater, Ontario.
[ He stayed in that role until 1954 when he was elected in a by-election called to fill the vacancy created by the death of the PC MPP, John Duncan McPhee. He defeated W.L. Moore (Liberal) and Wilfred Hoult (CCF) to win the riding.][
He died in Orillia at the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was buried in Coldwater.]
Electoral record
References
External links
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1900 births
1968 deaths
People from Midland, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
20th-century mayors of places in Ontario
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario