About Clayton Hodgson
Lived 1897 – 1970 (aged 73). Clayton Hodgson was a Canadian politician and timber merchant.
Clayton Wesley Hodgson (20 March 1897 – 14 April 1970) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Burnt River, Ontario and became a lumber merchant by career.
He was first elected at the Victoria riding in the 1945 general election then re-elected there for successive terms in the 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958 and 1962 federal elections.
From August 1957 to February 1958, he was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Public Works then from November 1959 to November 1961, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport.
Hodgson died at Haliburton, Ontario aged 73, leaving a wife, four sons and two daughters.
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Who was Clayton Hodgson?
Canadian politician
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Clayton Hodgson was born on 20 March 1897 in Burnt River.
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Clayton Hodgson was a politician and timber merchant.
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Clayton Hodgson was Canadian.
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