Roy Knight (politician) explained

Roy Knight
Birthname:Robert Ross (Roy) Knight
Birth Date:1891 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Spouse:Ellen Davidson
(m. 18 December 1916)
Riding:Saskatoon City
Predecessor:Alfred Henry Bence
Successor:riding dissolved
Term Start:June 1945
Term End:June 1949
Riding2:Saskatoon
Predecessor2:riding re-established
Successor2:Henry Frank Jones
Term Start2:June 1949
Term End2:June 1957
Profession:farmer, teacher

Robert Ross "Roy" Knight (12 December 1891  - 11 September 1971) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and became a farmer and teacher by career.

Knight lived in Northern Ireland during his childhood, attending the Royal School Dungannon. He moved to Canada in 1909, attended Saskatoon Normal School, then Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he received his Bachelor of Arts.[1]

He was first elected at the Saskatoon City riding in the 1945 general election, then re-elected at Saskatoon in 1949 and again in 1953. Knight was defeated by Henry Frank Jones of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election. Knight was again unsuccessful there in 1958.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1954 .