Robert Ross "Roy" Knight (12 December 1891 – 11 September 1971) was a

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member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

Cookstown Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: �anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Magh ...

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and became a farmer and teacher by career. Knight lived in Northern Ireland during his childhood, attending the

Royal School Dungannon The Royal School is a mixed boarding school located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was one of a number of 'free schools' created by James I (otherwise known as James VI of Scotland) in 1608 to provide an education to the son ...

. He moved to Canada in 1909, attended

Saskatoon Normal School The Saskatoon Teachers' College, originally called the Saskatoon Normal School, was a facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada for training teachers. The school occupied temporary premises at first, then moved to a handsome brick and stone buil ...

, then Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he received his

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. He was first elected at the Saskatoon City riding in the 1945 general election, then re-elected at

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and again in 1953. Knight was defeated by

Henry Frank Jones Henry Frank Jones (21 August 1920 – 4 March 1964) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Jones served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and became a barr ...

of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election. Knight was again unsuccessful there in 1958.

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* 1891 births 1971 deaths Canadian farmers Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs 20th-century Canadian politicians Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Northern Ireland emigrants to Canada Queen's University at Kingston alumni People from Cookstown {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub