Jack Irvine

Jack Irvine
Official 1966 portrait
Member of Parliament
for London
In office
April 8, 1963  June 25, 1968
Preceded byErnest Halpenny
Succeeded byJudd Buchanan
Alderman
for London City Council
In office
1960–1963
Personal details
Born(1912-01-26)26 January 1912
Wolfe Island, Ontario
Died20 July 1996(1996-07-20) (aged 84)
Simcoe, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseDoris Virginia Seeley (married July 3, 1937 - June 7, 1967)
ChildrenJohn H. Irvine
Parents
  • Byron Irvine (father)
  • Rachella Niles (mother)
EducationKingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Queen's University
Professionmerchant

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.

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

Irvine left local politics in 1963 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.

1963 Canadian federal election: London
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJack Irvine15,700
LiberalClarence M. Peterson14,262
New DemocraticPaddy O'Brien3,335
Social CreditLloyd H. Alford599
1965 Canadian federal election: London
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJack Irvine13,763
LiberalMargaret Fullerton11,164
New DemocraticClayton Fee4,412
IndependentAlbert W. Plumb422
CommunistThomas Morris271