Background
He was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Reverend Canon Chief Justice Machin who was born in England and grew up in Saint John"s, Newfoundland and Portuguese Arthur, Ontario.
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Harold Machin
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Education
Machin was educated in England and then studied law at Osgoode Hall.
Career
He represented Kenora in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1908 to 1919. After being called to the bar, he set up practice in Rat Portage in 1898. He served in a Canadian contingent in South Africa during the Second Boer War and then served in the South African constabulary before returning to Canada in 1904.
Foreign a time after his return to Canada, Machin prospected for minerals in northern Quebec.
He served overseas with a Canadian labour battalion and with the British Army during World War I. In 1918, he became director of the Military Services branch of the Canadian Department of Justice. After quitting the Conservative Party, he ran as an independent in the 1919 Ontario election, but was defeated by labour candidate Peter Heenan.
The township of Machin in Kenora District was named in his honour.
Membership
He was a fierce opponent of Conservative premier William Howard Hearst"s Ontario Temperance Acting and became a prominent member of the Citizen"s Liberty League formed in 1919 to oppose prohibition in Ontario.
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Political Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario