Almon Rennie Explained

Almon Rennie
Birthname:Almon Secord Rennie
Birth Date:1882 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Linwood, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Catherine Mackay
m. October 1921[1]
Riding:Oxford South
Predecessor:Thomas Merritt Cayley
Successor:riding dissolved
Term Start:April 1934
Term End:October 1935
Riding2:Oxford
Predecessor2:riding created
Successor2:Kenneth Daniel
Term Start2:October 1935
Term End2:June 1945
Profession:merchant
Party:Liberal

Almon Secord Rennie (17 August 1882  - 26 October 1949) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Rennie was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Linwood, Ontario and became a merchant by career.

Rennie attended schools at Linwood, then Westervelt Business College in London. In 1928 and 1929, he served as Ontario Grand Master for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at one point chaired the association's Home Board based in Toronto.

From 1922 to 1924, Rennie was mayor of Tillsonburg, Ontario, and served as a deputy reeve for Oxford County council.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Oxford South riding in a by-election on 16 April 1934. After riding boundary changes, Rennie won the new Oxford riding in the 1935 election, and re-elected in 1940. Rennie was defeated in 1945 by Kenneth Daniel of the Progressive Conservatives.|- |Liberal|Almon Secord Rennie|align="right"| 6,692 |Conservative|Hon. Donald Sutherland|align="right"| 5,199 |}

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .