Norman Lockhart | |
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Member of Parliament for Lincoln | |
In office October 1935 – April 1949 | |
Preceded by | James Dew Chaplin |
Succeeded by | Harry Cavers |
Personal details | |
Born | Norman James Macdonald Lockhart 10 April 1884 Dunnville, Ontario |
Died | 30 August 1974 | (aged 90)
Political party | Conservative (1867–1942) Progressive Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Henderson m. 28 March 1906[1] |
Residence | St. Catharines, Ontario[2] |
Profession | merchant |
Norman James Macdonald Lockhart (10 April 1884 – 30 August 1974) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Lockhart was a Conservative and Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
Lockhart was born in Dunnville, Ontario and became a merchant by career.
The son of Norman Macdonald Lockhart and Charlotte Jane Blott,[2] Lockhart attended public and high schools in Dunnville. He was a retailer of fuel and building supplies. He served on the St. Catharines, Ontario board of education from 1923 to 1934, and became the community's mayor in 1935.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Lincoln riding in the 1935 general election under the Conservative party banner and re-elected there in 1940 and 1945, during which time his party became known as the Progressive Conservatives. Lockhart did not stand for another term in office in the 1949 election.