Earl Desmond | |
Birthname: | Clayton Earl Desmond |
Birth Date: | 1894 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Morpeth, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Chatham, Ontario, Canada |
Spouse: | Maribel Fraser m. 17 August 1918[1] |
Riding: | Kent |
Predecessor: | Arthur Lisle Thompson |
Successor: | Blake Huffman |
Term Start: | March 1940 |
Term End: | June 1949 |
Profession: | farmer |
Party: | Progressive Conservative National Government |
Clayton Earl Desmond (9 March 1894 - 14 July 1968) was a National Government and Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Morpeth, Ontario and became a farmer by career.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Kent riding in the 1940 general election under the National Government affiliation, then re-elected as a Progressive Conservative for a second term in 1945. He was defeated by Blake Huffman of the Liberal party in the 1949 election.