Samuel Francis Glass (January 8, 1861 – April 6, 1925) was an insurance and real estate agent and political figure in
Ontario
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, Canada. He represented
Middlesex East in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1913 to 1921 as a
Conservative
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.
He was born in
London Township,
Canada West
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, the son of William Glass and Phoebe Guernsey, and was educated in London and
Brantford
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. In 1881, Glass married Josephine F. Dickson. He lived in
London, Ontario
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. He was a director of the London and Port Stanley Railway. Glass was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1913 by-election held following the death of
Peter Elson
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. From 1917 to 1921, he was a member of the
Unionist Party. Glass was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1921. He died in London four years later at the age of 64.
References
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Unionist Party (Canada) MPs
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
1861 births
1925 deaths
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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