Jim Lind (politician)
James (Jim) Gordon Lind | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Middlesex East | |
| In office November 1965 – June 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Campbell Millar |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for Middlesex | |
| In office June 1968 – September 1972 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Bill Frank |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1913 Westminster Township, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 22 April 1980 (aged 67) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | lumber merchant |
James Gordon Lind (8 March 1913 – 22 April 1980) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Westminster Township, Ontario and became a lumber merchant by career.
Jim Lind was first elected at the Middlesex East riding in the 1965 general election, after a previous unsuccessful campaign in that riding in the 1963 election. He was re-elected to Parliament in the 1968 election at Middlesex riding. After completing his final term in the 28th Canadian Parliament, Lind left the House of Commons and did not seek further re-election.
| 1963 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Campbell Millar | 19,850 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jim Lind | 18,043 | ||||||
| New Democratic | John G. Gelleta | 5,092 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Rae J. Watson | 1,159 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Middlesex East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jim Lind | 17,675 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Campbell Millar | 15,859 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Kenneth Bolton | 13,073 | ||||||
| Social Credit | James A. Watson | 392 | ||||||
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