Leonard Claydon

Leonard Harold Claydon (December 31, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – December 8, 1971 Claydon also worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway and Trans-Canada Airlines.

Claydon won a by-election for the Manitoba legislature in the riding of Wolseley in February 1969, following the resignation of former Premier Dufferin Roblin. He remained a member of the Winnipeg City Council after his provincial election.

Claydon was re-elected in the 1969 provincial election, but died two years later in Winnipeg after a lengthy illness.

He played an important role in returning a steam train now known as the Prairie Dog Central into service in the Winnipeg area. Claydon acquired the salvaged steam engine to a new name, The Claydon Cannonball prior to being called the Prairie Dog Central.

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