Jack Irvine

John Alfred (Jack) Irvine (26 January 1912 – 20 July 1996) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a merchant by career. Irvine ran Irvine Appliances.[6]

John Alfred Irvine
Member of Parliament
for London
In office
April 8, 1963[1] – June 25, 1968[2]
Preceded byErnest Halpenny
Succeeded byJudd Buchanan
Alderman
for London City Council
In office
1960 – 1963[3]
Personal details
Born(1912-01-26)26 January 1912
Wolfe Island, Ontario
Died20 July 1996(1996-07-20) (aged 84)
Simcoe, Ontario[4]
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse(s)Doris Virginia Seeley (married July 3, 1937[3] - June 7, 1967[5])
ChildrenJohn H. Irvine[5]
MotherRachella Niles[3]
FatherByron Irvine[3]
EducationKingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Queen's University[3]
Professionmerchant

Irvine was born at Wolfe Island, Ontario. He married Doris Seeley in 1937, and moved to Lambeth, London, Ontario in 1950.[5] He entered municipal politics in 1959, becoming an alderman for the London, Ontario city government.[4]

Irvine left local politics in 1963[3] and was elected to the House of Commons at the London riding in the 1963 general election, then re-elected there in the 1965. After electoral district boundary changes in the late 1960s, Irvine campaigned at London West for the 1968 federal election but lost to Judd Buchanan of the Liberal party.

Irvine died at a nursing home in Simcoe, Ontario in July 1996.[4]

References
  1. Brock, Dan; McEwan, Catherine (2011). Fragments from the Forks: London, Ontario's Legacy. London, Ontario, Canada: The London and Middlesex Historical Society. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-9866899-0-1.
  2. Brock, Dan; McEwan, Catherine (2011). Fragments from the Forks: London, Ontario's Legacy. London, Ontario, Canada: The London and Middlesex Historical Society. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-9866899-0-1.
  3. Johnson, J.E. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Ontario: Public Archives of Canada.
  4. "Obituary: Former MP And Local Resident Dies". Kingston Whig-Standard. 25 July 1996. p. 9.
  5. "Mrs. Irvine dies at 49". London Free Press. 7 June 1967.
  6. "House to be removed for new bank site". London Free Press. 3 July 1950.


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