John Campbell Elliott, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Ekfrid Township, Ontario, the son of George Campbell and Jane Elliott. He was educated at Trinity University and Toronto University, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1896. J. C. Elliott was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1908 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the London, Ontario area riding of Middlesex West and a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

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  • John Campbell Elliott, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Ekfrid Township, Ontario, the son of George Campbell and Jane Elliott. He was educated at Trinity University and Toronto University, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1896. J. C. Elliott was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1908 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the London, Ontario area riding of Middlesex West and a member of the Ontario Liberal Party. The Liberals were out of government for the entire time Elliott was an MLA. In 1919, he ran in the first Ontario 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 the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Middlesex. In March 1926, he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet by William Lyon Mackenzie King as Minister of Labour. In September of that year, he was moved to the position of Minister of Public Works, and remained in that portfolio until the Liberal government's defeat in the 1930 election. Elliott was personally re-elected and sat on the Opposition benches until the Liberals returned to power in the 1935 election. Elliott was returned to Cabinet, this time as Postmaster-General. In 1940, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate where he sat until his death the next year. J.C. Elliott was a member of a Baptist church, never married and had no issue. Elliott was a District Deputy in the Masonic Order.
  • L'honorable John Campbell Elliott, était un homme politique canadien. Elliott fait ses études à la Trinity University de Toronto puis à celle de Osgoode Hall avant d'être reçu au barreau de la province de l'Ontario en 1908. Il pratique le droit à London. Il est d'abord élu député à l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario pour la circonscription de Middlesex en 1908 sous la bannière du Parti libéral de l'Ontario. Les libéraux sont dans l'opposition pour tout le temps qu'Elliott siège à l'Assemblée législative. En 1919, il est candidat à la direction du Parti libéral; il termine piètre troisième, et quitte la politique provinciale peu après. Il fait le saut en politique fédérale quelques années plus tard et est élu député de Middlesex-Ouest à la Chambre des communes sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada lors de l'élection fédérale de 1925. En mars 1926, il est nommé au conseil des ministres de William Lyon Mackenzie King en tant que ministre du Travail; il administre également le ministère de la Santé et le rétablissmeent des soldats à la vie civile. En septembre de cette même année, il est nommé ministre des Travaux publics, exerçant cette fonction jusqu'à la défaite du gouvernement lors de l'élection de 1930. Elliott est personnellement réélu dans sa circonscription et siège dans l'opposition jusqu'au retour au pouvoir des libéraux dans l'élection de 1935. Elliott revient au cabinet, cette fois en tant que ministre des Postes. En 1940, il est nommé au Sénat du Canada, où il siège jusqu'à sa mort l'année suivante.
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  • John Campbell Elliott, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Ekfrid Township, Ontario, the son of George Campbell and Jane Elliott. He was educated at Trinity University and Toronto University, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1896. J. C. Elliott was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1908 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the London, Ontario area riding of Middlesex West and a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.
  • L'honorable John Campbell Elliott, était un homme politique canadien. Elliott fait ses études à la Trinity University de Toronto puis à celle de Osgoode Hall avant d'être reçu au barreau de la province de l'Ontario en 1908. Il pratique le droit à London. Il est d'abord élu député à l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario pour la circonscription de Middlesex en 1908 sous la bannière du Parti libéral de l'Ontario.
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  • John Campbell Elliott
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