Albert Earl Catherwood (23 May 1900 – 25 March 1988) was a Canadian politician and farmer. Catherwood served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Hagersville, Ontario, he was a farmer by career. He was also reeve of Walpole Township, Ontario in 1947 after being a councillor there from 1935 to 1943.[citation needed]
Earl Catherwood | |
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Member of Parliament for Haldimand | |
In office June 1949 – June 1953 | |
Preceded by | Mark Cecil Senn |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Albert Earl Catherwood 23 May 1900 Hagersville, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 25 March 1988 Hagersville, Ontario, Canada | (aged 87)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Violet Smith m. 3 April 1940[1] |
Profession | farmer |
He was first elected to Parliament at the Haldimand riding in the 1949 general election. When the riding was dissolved in 1952, Catherwood did not seek re-election in the new Brant—Haldimand riding but instead let John Charlton stand as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the 1953 election.[2] He died aged 87 in 1988 at West Haldimand General Hospital, where he had resided since 1986.[3]
References
edit- ^ Normandin, Pierre G. (1952). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ "John Charlton: Liberal Policy on Prices Matter of Expediency". The Globe and Mail. 28 July 1953. p. 11.
- ^ "Hagersville Union Cemetery". Interment.net. Retrieved 6 February 2022.