Ellwood Madill Explained

John Ellwood Madill
Birth Date:1915 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Melancthon, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Thelma Irene McGowan
(m. 8 November 1941)[1]
Constituency Mp1:Dufferin—Simcoe
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:April 1963
Term End1:June 1968
Predecessor1:William Earl Rowe
Successor1:The electoral district was abolished in 1966.
Constituency Mp2:Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
Parliament2:Canadian
Term Start2:October 1972
Term End2:May 1974
Predecessor2:Bruce Beer
Successor2:William Ross Milne
Profession:businessman, farmer, insurance agent
Party:Progressive Conservative

John Ellwood Madill (15 January 1915  - 5 December 1999) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Melancthon, Ontario.

From 1952 to 1957, he was a municipal councillor for Mono Township, subsequently its deputy reeve to 1959, then reeve from that point until 1963. In 1962, he was warden of Dufferin County.

Elwood Madill was an insurance agent in Orangeville, Ontario when he won the local Progressive Conservative nomination for the Dufferin—Simcoe riding on 16 February 1963.[2] Madill won that seat in the federal election later that year. He was re-elected to a second term in 1965.

Due to riding boundary realignments in 1966, Madill campaigned in the newly formed Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe riding in the 1968 election but lost to Bruce Beer of the Liberal party. Beer only served one term in Parliament before Madill won back Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe in the 1972 federal election. However, after his term in the 29th Parliament, Madill left federal political office after his defeat to Ross Milne in the 1974 federal election.

Besides his insurance practice, Madill was also a businessman and farmer during his career.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1973 .
  2. News: Cabinet and Former Government Firmly United Behind PM, Nowlan Claims . 18 February 1963 . 8 . .