John Wesley Widdifield

John Wesley Widdifield
MPP for Ontario North
In office
February 18, 1919 – September 17, 1929
Personal details
Born (1869-03-16)March 16, 1869
Uxbridge Township, Ontario
Died October 14, 1943(1943-10-14) (aged 74)
Uxbridge Township, Ontario
Political party United Farmers of Ontario

John Wesley Widdifield (March 16, 1869 October 14, 1943) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Ontario North as a United Farmers of Ontario member from 1914 to 1929.

He was born in Uxbridge Township, the son of Warren Playter Widdifield. He was educated in Uxbridge and at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, later receiving a degree from Toronto University. In 1895, he married Lucy Dike. Widdifield also served as reeve for Uxbridge. He was first elected in a by-election held in the spring of 1919 and was reelected in 1919, 1923 and 1926. He died in 1943 when he was stricken while he was driving to the funeral of a friend at his hometown of Uxbridge.[1]

References

  1. "John W. Widdifield", The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) [Toronto, Ont] 15 Oct 1943: 2.


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