Goldwin Corlett Elgie Explained

Goldwin Corlett Elgie
Office:Ontario MPP
Term Start:1945
Term End:1948
Predecessor:Bert Leavens
Successor:Bert Leavens
Term Start2:1934
Term End2:1943
Predecessor2:George Sylvester Shields
Successor2:Bert Leavens
Constituency2:Woodbine
Party:Conservative 1934-1943
Birth Date:21 July 1896
Birth Place:Dresden, Ontario
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario
Spouse:Vivian Granger McHenry (m.1921)
Occupation:Lawyer

Goldwin Corlett Elgie (July 21, 1896[1]  - April 4, 1975) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Woodbine in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1948 as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in Dresden, the son of George Albert Elgie and Margaret Elizabeth Corlett, and was educated in Dresden, at Albert College, University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall. In 1921, he married Vivian Granger McHenry.[1]

In 1937, Elgie proposed legislation that would have allowed passengers to sue a driver for negligence in the event of an accident. The proposed bill was rejected by the Liberal government of the time.[2]

His son Robert also served in the Ontario assembly. He died in Toronto in 1975.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A L. Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939 . 1939 .
  2. News: Windsor Daily Star . March 26, 1937 . 4 . Change Inadvisable .
  3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inthetrees/elgie-19.htm