Leslie Mutch | |
Birthname: | Leslie Alexander Mutch |
Birth Date: | 1897 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Crystal City, Manitoba |
Death Place: | Ottawa, Ontario |
Spouse: | Corra M. Travis (m. 28 June 1921)[1] |
Riding: | Winnipeg South |
Term Start: | October 1935 |
Term End: | June 1953 |
Profession: | advertising executive, agent, teacher |
Party: | Liberal |
Leslie Alexander Mutch (14 January 1897 - 2 January 1977) was a Liberal Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Crystal City, Manitoba. His career included jobs as an advertising executive for Eaton's, a life insurance agent and a teacher.
Mutch graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1921 with a Bachelor of Arts and earned a Master of Arts degree there as well in 1929. He entered military service for World War I under the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, leaving the military in August 1945.[2]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Winnipeg South riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected in 1940, 1945 and 1949, thus serving in the 18th through 21st Canadian Parliaments. He served as a backbench supporter of the governments led by William Lyon Mackenzie King and from 1948, Louis St. Laurent throughout his political career. He did not seek re-election in 1953.