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Jack Irvine

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Jack Irvine
Member of Parliament
for London
In office
April 8, 1963[1] – June 25, 1968[2]
Preceded byErnest Halpenny
Succeeded byJudd Buchanan
Alderman
for London City Council
In office
1960–1963[3]
Personal details
Born(1912-01-26)26 January 1912
Wolfe Island, Ontario
Died20 July 1996(1996-07-20) (aged 84)
Simcoe, Ontario[4]
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseDoris Virginia Seeley (married July 3, 1937[3] - June 7, 1967[5])
ChildrenJohn H. Irvine[5]
Parents
  • Byron Irvine[3] (father)
  • Rachella Niles[3] (mother)
EducationKingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Queen's University[3]
Professionmerchant

John Alfred (Jack) Irvine (26 January 1912 – 20 July 1996) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a merchant by career. Irvine ran Irvine Appliances.[6]

Irvine was born at Wolfe Island, Ontario. He married Doris Seeley in 1937, and moved to Lambeth, London, Ontario in 1950.[5] He entered municipal politics in 1959, becoming an alderman for the London, Ontario city government.[4]

Irvine left local politics in 1963[3] and was elected to the House of Commons at the London riding in the 1963 general election, then re-elected there in the 1965. After electoral district boundary changes in the late 1960s, Irvine campaigned at London West for the 1968 federal election but lost to Judd Buchanan of the Liberal party.

Irvine died at a nursing home in Simcoe, Ontario in July 1996.[4]

1963 Canadian federal election: London
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Jack Irvine 15,700
Liberal Clarence M. Peterson 14,262
New Democratic Paddy O'Brien 3,335
Social Credit Lloyd H. Alford 599
1965 Canadian federal election: London
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Jack Irvine 13,763
Liberal Margaret Fullerton 11,164
New Democratic Clayton Fee 4,412
Independent Albert W. Plumb 422
Communist Thomas Morris 271

References

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  1. ^ Brock, Dan; McEwan, Catherine (2011). Fragments from the Forks: London, Ontario's Legacy. London, Ontario, Canada: The London and Middlesex Historical Society. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-9866899-0-1.
  2. ^ Brock, Dan; McEwan, Catherine (2011). Fragments from the Forks: London, Ontario's Legacy. London, Ontario, Canada: The London and Middlesex Historical Society. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-9866899-0-1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Johnson, J.E. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Ontario: Public Archives of Canada.
  4. ^ a b c "Obituary: Former MP And Local Resident Dies". Kingston Whig-Standard. 25 July 1996. p. 9.
  5. ^ a b c "Mrs. Irvine dies at 49". London Free Press. 7 June 1967.
  6. ^ "House to be removed for new bank site". London Free Press. 3 July 1950.
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