John Jabez Thurston | |
Birthname: | John Jabez Thurston |
Birth Date: | 1888 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Fenelon Township, Ontario |
Riding: | Victoria, Ontario |
Predecessor: | Sam Hughes |
Successor: | Thomas Hubert Stinson |
Term Start: | December 1921 |
Term End: | September 1926 |
Profession: | farmer |
Party: | independent |
John Jabez Thurston (11 October 1888 – 8 January 1960) was an independent member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fenelon Township, Ontario and became a farmer.
He was elected to Parliament at the Victoria, Ontario riding in the 1921 general election. After serving his only term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, Thurston did not seek re-election in the 1925 vote and was succeeded by Thomas Hubert Stinson of the Conservatives. In the 1926 election, Thurston campaigned at Victoria riding under the Progressive party but was defeated by Stinson.
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