- Joseph Elijah Armstrong
Joseph Elijah Armstrong (
November 9 ,1866 –January 31 ,1931 ) was a Canadian politician.Born in York County,
Canada West , Armstrong was educated in National School of Elocution and Oratory inPhiladelphia , PA. An oil producer, a manufacturer and farmer, he first ran unsuccessfully as theProtestant Protective Association candidate for theCanadian House of Commons in the electoral district ofLambton East in the 1896 federal election. Switching to the Conservative Party, he was elected in a 1904 by-election. He served from 1904 to 1921 and from 1925 to 1926.References
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