John Ellwood Madill was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Melancthon, Ontario

Melancthon, Ontario

Melancthon is a rural Canadian township in the northwest corner of Dufferin County, Ontario, bordered on the east by Mulmur Township, Amaranth Township and East Luther Grand Valley to the south, Southgate Township to the west, and the Municipality of Grey Highlands to the north. The township does...

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From 1952 to 1957, he was a municipal councillor for Mono Township

Mono, Ontario

The Town of Mono is situated in south-central Ontario, Canada, at the south-east corner of County of Dufferin, just north of Caledon and northeast of Orangeville. It stretches from Highway 9 along its southern border to Highway 89 along its northern border. Its border to the west is with the...

, subsequently its deputy reeve to 1959, then reeve from that point until 1963. In 1962, he was warden of Dufferin County

Dufferin County, Ontario

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Elwood Madill was an insurance agent in Orangeville, Ontario

Orangeville, Ontario

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 when he won the local Progressive Conservative nomination for the Dufferin—Simcoe

Dufferin—Simcoe

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 riding on 16 February 1963. Madill won that seat in the federal election later that year

Canadian federal election, 1963

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. He was re-elected to a second term in 1965

Canadian federal election, 1965

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Due to riding boundary realignments in 1966, Madill campaigned in the newly formed Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe

Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe

Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding in the 1968 election

Canadian federal election, 1968

The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...

 but lost to Bruce Beer of the Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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. Beer only served one term in Parliament before Madill won back Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe in the 1972 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1972

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. However, after his term in the 29th Parliament

29th Canadian Parliament

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, Madill left federal political office after his defeat to Ross Milne in the 1974 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1974

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Besides his insurance practice, Madill was also a businessman and farmer during his career.

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