James Dew Chaplin
The Hon. James Dew Chaplin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lincoln | |
| In office 1917–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Arthur Lancaster |
| Succeeded by | Norman Lockhart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 20, 1863 Toronto, Canada West |
| Died | August 23, 1937 (aged 74) St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Relations | Alexander Dew Chaplin, brother |
| Children | Gordon Chaplin Edna Anderson, Granddaughter |
| Cabinet | Minister of Trade and Commerce (1926) |
James Dew Chaplin, PC (March 20, 1863 – August 23, 1937) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Toronto, Canada West, the son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, Chaplin was educated at the Public Schools and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. A manufacturer in St. Catharines, Ontario, he was president of the Chaplin Wheel Company, Canada Axe and Harvest Tool Company, and the Wallingford Manufacturing Company. Chaplin served four years as a member of St. Catharines city council.
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Lincoln in the 1917 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1926, and 1930. In 1926, he was the Minister of Trade and Commerce in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen.
In 1888, Chaplin married Edna Elizabeth Burgess. He died in St. Catharines at the age of 74.
His brother Alexander Dew, his son Gordon and his granddaughter Edna Anderson also served in the House of Commons.
| 1917 Canadian federal election: Lincoln | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | James Dew Chaplin | 9,335 | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Edwin John Lovelace | 3,816 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election: Lincoln | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | James Dew Chaplin | 8,087 | ||||||
| Labour | Edwin John Lovelace | 6,212 | ||||||
| Progressive | Arthur Adams Craise | 3,066 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Lincoln | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | James Dew Chaplin | 12,054 | ||||||
| Liberal | Hamilton Killally Woodruff | 5,942 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Lincoln | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | James Dew Chaplin | 11,475 | ||||||
| Liberal | Terrence Myles Mccarron | 5,555 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | James Dew Chaplin | 13,474 | ||||||
| Liberal | May Louise Greenwood | 7,526 | ||||||