Samuel Victor Railton | |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1906 |
Birth Place: | Kelvin, Ontario, Canada |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Riding: | Welland |
Term Start: | October 1972 |
Term End: | March 1979 |
Predecessor: | Donald Tolmie |
Successor: | Gilbert Parent |
Profession: | physician, surgeon |
Party: | Liberal |
Samuel Victor Railton (28 February 1906 - 23 July 1996) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Kelvin, Ontario and became a physician and surgeon by career.
Railton studied medicine at the University of Toronto after graduation from Brantford Collegiate Institute. After establishing a medical practice at Port Colborne, Ontario, he served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps between 1940 and 1945. Following World War II, he became a surgeon in Welland, Ontario, and volunteered his skills in 1970 for the Nigerian Civil War.[1]
He was first elected at the Welland riding in the 1972 general election and was re-elected there in the 1974 election. He left federal politics after completing his term in the 30th Parliament.