Role Lawyer Resigned July 1930 Name William Telford, Succeeded by W. Garfield Case | Profession lawyer Party Liberal Party of Canada Political party Liberal Died March 13, 1955 | |
Preceded by Victor Clarence Porteous Full Name William Pattison Telford Born 26 November 1867
Sydenham, Ontario ( 1867-11-26 ) Parents William Pattison Telford, Sr. | ||
Preceded by Matthew Robert Duncan | ||
William Pattison Telford (26 November 1867 – 13 March 1955) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Sydenham, Ontario and became a lawyer. His father was William Pattison Telford, Sr., another member of Parliament.
From 1901 to 1903, Telford served as a municipal councillor for Owen Sound.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Grey North riding in the 1926 general election after an earlier unsuccessful campaign there in 1921. He was defeated by Victor Clarence Porteous of the Conservatives in the 1930 election. Telford won the riding back from Porteous in the 1935 election, and was elected again in 1940. Telford resigned on 9 December 1944 to provide an available riding for fellow Liberal Andrew McNaughton to seek election, but McNaughton lost the resulting by-election to Conservative candidate W. Garfield Case.