Evans Knowles Explained

John Evans Knowles
Birth Date:30 November 1914
Birth Place:North Walsingham Township, Ontario
Death Place:Simcoe, Ontario
Parliament:Canadian
Riding:Norfolk
Term Start:10 June 1957
Term End:17 June 1962
Predecessor:Raymond Elmer Anderson
Successor:Jack Roxburgh
Profession:Farmer
Party:Progressive Conservative

John Evans Knowles (30 November 1914  - 18 December 2011) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in North Walsingham Township, Ontario, he was a farmer by career.

He was first elected at the Norfolk riding in the 1957 general election and re-elected for second term in the 1958 election. In the 1962 election, Knowles was defeated by Jack Roxburgh of the Liberal party. Knowles was also unsuccessful in unseating Roxburgh in the 1963 and 1965 elections.

Knowles remained active in late 2008, providing comment to local media on that year's federal election.[1] He died after a short illness in 2011.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Local PCs satisfied with half a loaf . Monte . Sonnenberg . . https://archive.today/20120911043827/http://www.simcoereformer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1247271 . dead . 11 September 2012 . 2009-04-01 . 15 October 2008 .
  2. News: Evans Knowles, 97, was MP under Diefenbaker . . 20 December 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120728193047/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3410927 . 28 July 2012 .