Harold Danforth Explained

Harold Warren Danforth
Birth Date:1916 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Isabel Cora
Riding:Kent
Term Start:March 1958
Term End:June 1962
Riding2:Kent
Term Start2:April 1963
Term End2:June 1968
Riding3:Kent—Essex
Term Start3:June 1968
Term End3:May 1974
Profession:Farmer
Party:Progressive Conservative
Footnotes:[1]

Harold Warren Danforth (8 April 1916 – 7 May 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career.

Danforth attended Ontario Agricultural College after which he farmed in the Blenheim area.[2] He became a local councillor in Blenheim, Ontario between 1956 and 1958 and was then elected at the Kent riding in the 1958 federal election. Although he was defeated in the following federal election in 1962, he won the riding back in the 1963 election and was re-elected in 1965. In 1966, riding boundaries were changed and Danforth won at the new Kent—Essex riding in the 1968 federal election and again in the 1972 election. Danforth left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1974 election by Robert Daudlin of the Liberal party.

Archives

There is a Harold Danforth fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[3] Archival reference number is R5392.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1965.
  2. News: Diefenbaker sweep lifted Danforth to MP's job . Chatham This Week . 2009 . John . Rhodes . 2010-04-02 . dead . https://archive.today/20120729011159/http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1236525 . 29 July 2012 .
  3. Web site: Finding aid to Harold Danforth fonds, Library and Archives Canada.