Harold Warren Danforth (8 April 1916 – 7 May 1993) 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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. Born in Leamington, Ontario

Leamington, Ontario

Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, southern Ontario, Canada, and has a population of 31,113. It includes Point Pelee, the southernmost point of mainland Canada. It has a large H. J. Heinz Company factory and is known as the "Tomato Capital of Canada", with 4 km² of this crop in the...

, he was a farmer by career.

Danforth attended Ontario Agricultural College

Ontario Agricultural College

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 after which he farmed in the Blenheim area. He became a local councillor in Blenheim, Ontario

Blenheim, Ontario

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 between 1956 and 1958 and was then elected at the Kent riding in the 1958 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1958

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. Although he was defeated in the following federal election in 1962

Canadian federal election, 1962

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, he won the riding back in the 1963 election

Canadian federal election, 1963

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 and was re-elected in 1965

Canadian federal election, 1965

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. In 1966, riding boundaries were changed and Danforth won at the new Kent—Essex

Kent—Essex

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 riding in the 1968 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1968

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 and again in the 1972 election

Canadian federal election, 1972

The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...

. Danforth left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1974 election

Canadian federal election, 1974

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 by Robert Daudlin

Robert Daudlin

Robert Mose Patrick Daudlin was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a lawyer by career....

 of the Liberal party

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