Charles Jonas Thornton

Charles Jonas Thornton
Member of Parliament for Durham West
In office 1900 – 1902
Preceded by	Robert Beith
Succeeded by	Robert Beith
Member of Parliament for Durham
In office 1908 – 1917
Preceded by	Fred Wellington Bowen
Succeeded by	Newton Wesley Rowell
Personal details
Born	May 30, 1850 Clarke Township, Ontario, Canada
Died	July 2, 1932
Nationality	British subject
Political party	Conservative Party
Occupation	farmer
Website	Charles Jonas Thornton - Parliament of Canada biography

Charles Jonas Thornton (May 30, 1850 - July 2, 1932) was a political figure in Durham, Ontario.

He was born in Clarke Township, Ontario and was a farmer. He was elected to the township council and served on the body for seven years. He also served on Durham West county council for five years.^[1]

Thornton first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Patrons of Industry candidate in Durham West during the 1896 federal election but fared poorly comining in third place with less than 500 votes.

He was elected as the Conservative MP for Durham West in the 1900 federal election. His election was declared void in October 1901 and his seat declared vacant. A by-election was held in January 1902 in which his Liberal opponent defeated Thornton by 28 votes.

He returned to the House of Commons in the 1908 federal election, this time representing Durham, and was re-elected in the 1911 federal election. Thornton remained in parliament until the 1917 federal election in which he stepped aside so that the wartime Union Government which Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden had formed could run Liberal-Unionist Newton Wesley Rowell as a pro-Government candidate.

Thornton was a member of the Orange Order. He died in Orono, Ontario in 1932.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://roughian.tripod.com/CJThornton.html

External links

• Parliamentary biography

Persondata
Name	Thornton, Charles Jonas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 30, 1850
Place of birth	Clarke Township, Ontario, Canada
Date of death	July 2, 1932
Place of death