Adam Acres Explained

Adam Acres
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1923
Term End1:1948
Predecessor2:Robert Grant
Successor2:Donald Morrow
Constituency2:Carleton
Party:Progressive Conservative
Birth Date:11 May 1878
Birth Place:March Township, Ontario
Death Place:Britannia, Ottawa
Occupation:Farmer
Spouse:Almena Waterson

Adam Holland Acres (May 11, 1878  - April 20, 1955) was an Ontario politician. He was a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1948. He represented the riding of Carleton.

Background

He was born in March Township, Ontario, Carleton County, Ontario, the son of George H. Acres. In 1900, he married Almena Waterson. His farm was situated on Britannia Bay on the Ottawa River.

Politics

Acres served as reeve for the township from 1913 to 1916.

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Carleton in 1923.

Acres was a candidate in the 1936 Conservative leadership convention placing sixth. He continued to sit in the legislature as a Tory backbencher until the 1948 Ontario election, when he retired from politics.

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