Political party Conservative Name James Chaplin | ||
Born March 20, 1863Toronto, Canada West ( 1863-03-20 ) Role Former Minister of Trade and Commerce Died August 23, 1937, St. Catharines, Canada Party Conservative Party of Canada Cabinet Minister of Trade and Commerce Previous office Minister of Trade and Commerce (1926–1926) Children Edna Anderson, Gordon Chaplin | ||
James Dew Chaplin, (March 20, 1863 – August 23, 1937) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Toronto, Canada West, the son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, 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. Chaplin served four years as a member of St. Catharines city council.
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.
In 1888, Chaplin married Edna Elizabeth Burgess. He died in St. Catharines at the age of 74.
His brother Alexander Dew, his son Gordon and his granddaughter Edna Anderson also served in the House of Commons.