Victor Railton

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name=Samuel Victor Railton

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birth_date=28 February 1906
birth_place=Kelvin, Ontario
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riding=Welland
term_start=October 1972
term_end=March 1979
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profession=physician, surgeon
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal Party of Canada
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Samuel Victor Railton (28 February 1906 - 23 July 1996) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Kelvin, Ontario and became a physician and surgeon by career.

Railton studied medicine at the University of Toronto after graduation from Brantford Collegiate Institute. After establishing a medical practice at Port Colborne, Ontario, he served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps between 1940 and 1945. Following World War II, he became a surgeon in Welland, Ontario, and volunteered his skills in 1970 for the Nigerian Civil War.cite web | accessdate=2008-08-02 | date=16 September 1996 | title=Oral Question Period | work=Hansard | publisher=Parliament of Canada | url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2332606&Mode=1&Parl=35&Ses=2&Language=E#THELATEDR.VICTORRAILTON]

He was first elected at the Welland riding in the 1972 general election and was re-elected there in the 1974 election. He left federal politics after completing his term in the 30th Parliament.

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