About Alexander Dew Chaplin
Lived 1872 – 1938 (aged 65). Alexander Dew Chaplin was a Canadian politician and manufacturer.
Alexander Dew Chaplin (10 April 1872 – 18 January 1938) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Chaplin was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Port Granby, Ontario and became a manufacturer.
The son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, he was educated in St. Catharines, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario.
Chaplin was managing director and secretary-treasurer for the Chatham, Ontario based Hayes Wheel Company of Canada and was first elected to Parliament at the Kent, Ontario riding in the 1925 general election. After serving one term in Parliament, Chaplin was defeated in the 1926 federal election by James Rutherford of the Liberal party.
His brother James Dew and his nephew Gordon Chaplin also served in the House of Commons.
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Who was Alexander Dew Chaplin?
Canadian politician (1872–1938)
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Alexander Dew Chaplin was born on 10 April 1872 in Clarington.
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Alexander Dew Chaplin died on 18 January 1938 in Chatham-Kent.
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Alexander Dew Chaplin was a politician and manufacturer.
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Alexander Dew Chaplin was Canadian.
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