Robert Ellsworth Elliott (January 19, 1901 – April 17, 1981) was a politician in

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. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1945 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1959. He represented the riding of Hamilton East.

Background

He was born in Allenwood, Ontario and was a general contractor. He married Edith May Homan in 1926 with whom he had two children. He served with the

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for ten years. Elliott moved to Florida in 1968 and died there on April 17, 1981.

Politics

From 1934 to 1945 he served as an alderman on the

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. In the 1945 provincial election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Hamilton East. He defeated CCF incumbent Herbert Connor by 2,945 votes. In the 1948 election he lost to CCF candidate John Dowling but recaptured the riding from Dowling in 1951. He lost the riding in

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to CCF candidate Norm Davison by 1,072 votes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Robert Ellsworth 1901 births 1981 deaths Hamilton, Ontario city councillors Politicians from Simcoe County Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian military personnel from Ontario Royal Canadian Engineers soldiers 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario