The Honourable John Campbell Elliott | |
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.jpg) Elliott in 1927 | |
| Senator forMiddlesex County, Ontario | |
| In office 1940–1941 | |
| Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Member of Parliament forMiddlesex West | |
| In office 1925–1940 | |
| Preceded by | John Alexander Stewart |
| Succeeded by | William Samuel Murphy |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1908–1919 | |
| Preceded by | Duncan Campbell Ross |
| Succeeded by | John Giles Lethbridge |
| Constituency | Middlesex West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1872-08-25)25 August 1872 |
| Died | 20 December 1941(1941-12-20) (aged 69) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Education | Trinity College, Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
John Campbell Elliott,PC (25 August 1872 – 20 December 1941) was aCanadianlawyer and politician.
He was born inEkfrid, Ontario, the son of George Elliott and Jane Campbell. He was educated at theUniversity of Trinity College in theUniversity of Toronto, studied law atOsgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1896.
J. C. Elliott was first elected to theLegislative Assembly of Ontario in 1908 as theMember of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for theLondon, Ontario areariding ofMiddlesex West and a member of theOntario Liberal Party. The Liberals were out of government for the entire time Elliott was an MLA. In 1919, he ran in the firstOntario Liberal Party leadership convention, coming in a poor third, and left provincial politics shortly afterwards.
Elliott moved to federal politics a few years later winning a seat in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the1925 federal election as theLiberalMember of Parliament (MP) for the riding ofMiddlesex West. In March 1926, he was appointed to theCanadian Cabinet byWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King as Minister of Labour. In September of that year, he was moved to the position ofMinister of Public Works, and remained in that portfolio until the Liberal government's defeat in the1930 election.
Elliott was personally re-elected and sat on theOpposition benches until the Liberals returned to power in the1935 election. Elliott was returned to Cabinet, this time asPostmaster-General. In 1940, he was appointed to theSenate of Canada where he sat until his death the next year.[citation needed]
J.C. Elliott was a member of a Baptist church, never married and had no issue. Elliott was a District Deputy in theMasonic Order.[citation needed]