Clayton Earl Desmond was a National Government and Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Morpeth, Ontario

Morpeth, Ontario

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 and became a farmer by career.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Kent

Kent (Ontario electoral district)

Kent was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904, 1917 to 1968, and 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

 riding in the 1940 general election

Canadian federal election, 1940

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 under the National Government affiliation, then re-elected as a Progressive Conservative for a second term in 1945

Canadian federal election, 1945

The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...

. He was defeated by Blake Huffman

Blake Huffman

Edward Blake Huffman known as Blake Huffman was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Blenheim, Ontario, he was a farmer by career....

 of the Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 in the 1949 election

Canadian federal election, 1949

The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...

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