Archibald McCoig explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Archibald Blake McCoig
Office1:Senator for Kent, Ontario
Appointed1:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Term Start1:1922
Term End1:1927
Constituency Mp2:Kent
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:District was created in 1914
Successor2:James Murdock
Term Start2:1917
Term End2:1922
Constituency Mp3:Kent West
Parliament3:Canadian
Predecessor3:Herbert Sylvester Clements
Successor3:District was abolished in 1917
Term Start3:1908
Term End3:1917
Office4:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Kent West
Predecessor4:Thomas Letson Pardo
Successor4:George William Sulman
Term Start4:1905
Term End4:1908
Birth Date:8 April 1873
Birth Place:Tilbury East, Ontario
Party:Liberal

Archibald Blake McCoig (April 8, 1873  - November 21, 1927) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Tilbury East, Ontario, the son of Daniel McCoig, a Scottish immigrant, he was elected as a Liberal candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the provincial riding of Kent West in the 1905 election. In 1908, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the federal riding of Kent West. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1911, 1917, and 1921. In 1922, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Kent, Ontario to allow James Murdock, the Minister of Labour, to take his seat. He served until his death in 1927.

McCoig married Adele M. Demarse in 1898. He served on the Chatham town council.

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