John Wesley Widdifield
| John Wesley Widdifield | |
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| MPP for Ontario North | |
| In office February 18, 1919 – September 17, 1929 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 16, 1869 Uxbridge Township, Ontario |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Uxbridge Township, Ontario |
| Political party | United Farmers of Ontario |
John Wesley Widdifield (March 16, 1869 – October 14, 1943) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Ontario North as a United Farmers of Ontario member from 1914 to 1929.
He was born in Uxbridge Township, the son of Warren Playter Widdifield. He was educated in Uxbridge and at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, later receiving a degree from Toronto University. In 1895, he married Lucy Dike. Widdifield also served as reeve for Uxbridge. He was first elected in a by-election held in the spring of 1919 and was reelected in 1919, 1923 and 1926. He died in 1943 when he was stricken while he was driving to the funeral of a friend at his hometown of Uxbridge.[1]
References
- ↑ "John W. Widdifield", The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) [Toronto, Ont] 15 Oct 1943: 2.
- Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1922, EJ Chambers
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