James Dew Chaplin

James Dew Chaplin

James Dew Chaplin (March 20 1863 – August 23 1937) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of William and Harriet Chaplin, Chaplin was educated at the Public Schools and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. A manufacturer in St. Catharines, Ontario, he was president of the Chaplin Wheel Company, Canada Axe and Harvest Tool Company, and the Wallingford Manufacturing Company.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Lincoln in the 1917 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1926, and 1930. In 1926, he was the Minister of Trade and Commerce in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen.

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