- Elmer Forbes
Infobox CanadianMP
name=Richard Elmer Forbes
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birth_date=5 December 1894
birth_place=Bruce County, Ontario
death_date=death date and age|1978|12|9|1894|12|5
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riding=Dauphin
term_start=March 1958
term_end=April 1968
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profession=farmer, registered seed grower
party=Progressive Conservative
party colour=Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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website=|Richard Elmer Forbes (
5 December 1894 -9 December 1978 ) was a Progressive Conservative partymember of theCanadian House of Commons . He was born inBruce County, Ontario and became a farmer and registered seed grower by career.He was first elected at the Dauphin riding in the 1958 general election after an initial unsuccessful attempt to win the seat in 1953. Elmer Forbes was re-elected in 1962, 1963 and 1965. After completing his term in the
27th Canadian Parliament in 1968, Forbes left federal politics and did not seek another term in Parliament.External links
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