Robert John Deachman was a 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...

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Howick Township, Ontario

Howick, Ontario

The Township of Howick is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the northeast corner of Huron County near the Bruce County border, east of Wingham....

 and became a journalist.

Deachman attended the Ontario Agricultural College

Ontario Agricultural College

The Ontario Agricultural College originated at the agricultural laboratories of the Toronto Normal School, and was officially founded in 1874 as an associate agricultural college of the University of Toronto...

 and attained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

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 degree.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Huron North

Huron North

Huron North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882, and from 1917 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding in the 1935 general election

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...

. After completing one term, the 18th Canadian Parliament

18th Canadian Parliament

The 18th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 6, 1936 until January 25, 1940. The membership was set by the 1935 federal election on October 14, 1935, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1940 election.It was controlled...

, Deachman was defeated in the 1940 election

Canadian federal election, 1940

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 by Elston Cardiff

Elston Cardiff

Lewis Elston Cardiff was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Brussels, Ontario and became a farmer by career....

.

Deachman authored various works such as Tory Markets ( 1935, Dadson-Merrill Press), The transportation Muddle and the Way Out ( 1919, Western Canada Publishing) and The Wheat Board Fallacy ( 1919, Western Canada Publishing). Deachman also contributed a preface to Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat

Claude Frédéric Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He was notable for developing the important economic concept of opportunity cost.-Biography:...

's book Economic Fallacies.

External links

• Robert John Deachman Fonds at Library and Archives Canada