James Dew Chaplin
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lincoln | |
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| Preceded by | Edward Arthur Lancaster |
| Succeeded by | Norman Lockhart |
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| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Conservative |
| Relations | Alexander Dew Chaplin, brother |
| Children | Gordon Chaplin Edna Anderson, Granddaughter |
| Cabinet | Minister of Trade and Commerce (1926) |
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James Dew Chaplin, PC (March 20, 1863 – August 23, 1937) was a Canadian politician.[1]
Born in Toronto, Canada West,[1] the son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew,[2] Chaplin was educated at the Public Schools and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. A manufacturer in St. Catharines, Ontario, he was president of the Chaplin Wheel Company, Canada Axe and Harvest Tool Company, and the Wallingford Manufacturing Company.[3] Chaplin served four years as a member of St. Catharines city council.[1]
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Lincoln in the 1917 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1926, and 1930. In 1926, he was the Minister of Trade and Commerce in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen.[1]
In 1888, Chaplin married Edna Elizabeth Burgess. He died in St. Catharines at the age of 74.[2]
His brother Alexander Dew, his son Gordon and his granddaughter Edna Anderson also served in the House of Commons.[1] Template:1917 Canadian federal election/Lincoln Template:1921 Canadian federal election/Lincoln Template:1925 Canadian federal election/Lincoln Template:1926 Canadian federal election/Lincoln Template:1930 Canadian federal election/Lincoln
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- ^ a b c d e James Dew Chaplin – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A cyclopædia of Canadian biography". Internet Archive. 14 April 2024.
