Jack Spence (politician) explained

Jack Spence
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1975
Term End1:1977
Predecessor1:New riding
Successor1:Jim McGuigan
Constituency1:Kent—Elgin
Term Start2:1967
Term End2:1975
Constituency2:Kent
Term Start3:1955
Term End3:1967
Predecessor3:Andrew Thomas Ward
Successor3:Riding abolished
Constituency3:Kent East
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:27 March 1905
Birth Place:Muirkirk, Ontario
Death Place:St. Thomas, Ontario
Occupation:Farmer

John Purvis Spence (March 27, 1905 – June 25, 1981) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1977, representing the electoral districts of Kent East from 1955 to 1967, Kent from 1967 to 1975, and Kent—Elgin from 1975 to 1977.

He was born in Muirkirk, Ontario in 1905 and farmed in that area.[1] In the 1940s he was a councillor and reeve of Orford Township and in 1949 became warden of Kent. He died in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1981 at the age of 76.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1976 . 1978.
  2. News: J. P. Spence . The Globe and Mail . June 27, 1981 . 14.