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Name
  
Benjamin Allmark

Role
  
Canadian Politician

Succeeded by
  
Edgar Benson


Benjamin Allmark

Preceded by
  
William James Henderson

Full Name
  
Benjamin Graydon Allmark

Political party
  
Progressive Conservative

Profession
  
planning supervisor, superintendent

Died
  
January 4, 2004, Victoria, Canada

Party
  
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Benjamin Graydon Allmark (June 1, 1911 – January 4, 2004) was a Canadian politician, planning supervisor and superintendent. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Progressive Conservatives for the riding of Kingston in the 1958 election and defeated in the 1962 election. He had a seat in the house of commons for the 24th Canadian Parliament, when John George Diefenbaker was prime minister.

He worked as a sailor for Canada Steamship Lines for 11 years, rising to first mate. He was active in municipal politics before that. Then at the Kingston operations of Alcan becoming a manager. He married Shirley Isobel Dick (1918-2008) in 1942 and had two children, Diane (1945-), and Gordon Allmark (1949-).

Allmark moved to Victoria in 1976 in search of a warmer climate. He died there in 2004, aged 92.

References

Benjamin Allmark Wikipedia