Cyril Arthur Goodwin Overall

Cyril Arthur Goodwin Overall

Cyril Arthur Goodwin Overall (May 7, 1905[1] – after 1945) was an English-born mechanical engineer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Niagara Falls in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth member.[2]

He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the son of William Joseph Overall and Annie Sophia Walker, and came to Canada in 1906 with his family. Overall was educated in Stamford and Niagara Falls, at the Tri-State College of Engineering in Angola, Indiana and at the Ontario Training College for Technical Teachers in Hamilton. In 1935, he married Mary Hood Ritchie. For a time, Overall was a vocational high school teacher in Niagara Falls before returning to work as an engineer.[1] He defeated William Limburg Houck in 1943 to win his seat in the assembly.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Normandin, A L (1944). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1944. 
  2. ^ "Cyril Arthur Goodwin Overall, MPP". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1675. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
  3. ^ "Nixon Govt. Defeated George Drew Likely To Be Next Premier". Ottawa Citizen: p. 40. August 4, 1943. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GPouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8dsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6369,905550. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 

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