Kenneth Daniel
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Kenneth Roy Daniel was a Progressive Conservative party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. He was born in Ingersoll, Ontario
and became a farmer by career.
Daniel attended school at Ingersoll Collegiate Institute and Woodstock Business College. He was a town councillor for Ingersoll from 1940 to 1942, then the community's mayor in 1943 and 1944.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Oxford
riding in the 1945 general election
then defeated in the 1949 election
by Alexander Clark Murray of the Liberal 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
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was born in Ingersoll, Ontario
Ingersoll, Ontario
Ingersoll is a town in Oxford County on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The nearest cities are Woodstock to the east and London to the west....
and became a farmer by career.
Daniel attended school at Ingersoll Collegiate Institute and Woodstock Business College. He was a town councillor for Ingersoll from 1940 to 1942, then the community's mayor in 1943 and 1944.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Oxford
Oxford (electoral district)
Oxford is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since the 1935 election.It consists of the county of Oxford....
riding in the 1945 general election
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...
then defeated 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...
by Alexander Clark Murray of the Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
.