Thomas Roy Dent (April 22, 1891 – July 18, 1977) was a farmer and politician in

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

, Canada. He represented

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in the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ...

from 1943 to 1955 as a

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. The son of Thomas Harrison Dent and Elizabeth Paddon, he was born in

Woodstock The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. Billed as "a ...

and was educated there and at the

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. In 1920, Dent married Susan M. Griffin. He was a judge and breeder of

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and was president of the Holstein Friesian Association. Dent ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ontario assembly in 1937 before being elected in 1943. He died in Woodstock at the age of 86.

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* 1891 births 1977 deaths People from Woodstock, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub