Percy Wright

November 1, 1892 (age 87)

Beachburg, Ontario

He served on the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s national council and executive, and was elected as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s National Chairman in 1950. After he was defeated as an Member of Parliament, he returned to his occupation as a farmer until his death in 1980. He served in the Canadian Field Artillery during World War I and became a lieutenant. His career was in farming. He was first elected to Parliament from the Melfort electoral district in the 1940 federal election. He was re-elected in 1945 and 1949. When the Melfort electoral district was abolished, in the 1952 federal riding redistribution, Wright sought re-election in Melville, which contained roughly half of his old riding. lieutenant was also the electoral district of incumbent federal Minister of Agriculture James Garfield Gardiner of the Liberal party. When F.R. Scott retired as the National Chairman, just before the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s biennial convention in Vancouver in July 1950, there was a rift between the farmer and labour wings. Wright defeated MacInnis in the election to be the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s National Chairman. He was elected again in 1952. At the 1954 convention Wright retired as National Chairman and David Lewis was elected to replace him. He died in 1980.

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Wright was born in Beachburg, Ontario and attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto.

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He served on the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s national council and executive, and was elected as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s National Chairman in 1950. After he was defeated as an Member of Parliament, he returned to his occupation as a farmer until his death in 1980. He served in the Canadian Field Artillery during World War I and became a lieutenant.

His career was in farming.

He was first elected to Parliament from the Melfort electoral district in the 1940 federal election. He was re-elected in 1945 and 1949.

When the Melfort electoral district was abolished, in the 1952 federal riding redistribution, Wright sought re-election in Melville, which contained roughly half of his old riding. lieutenant was also the electoral district of incumbent federal Minister of Agriculture James Garfield Gardiner of the Liberal party.

When F.R. Scott retired as the National Chairman, just before the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s biennial convention in Vancouver in July 1950, there was a rift between the farmer and labour wings.

Wright defeated MacInnis in the election to be the Cleveland Clinic Foundation"s National Chairman. He was elected again in 1952. At the 1954 convention Wright retired as National Chairman and David Lewis was elected to replace him.

He died in 1980.

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In the 1953 Federal Election Wright was defeated by Gardiner, ending his federal political career. Wright represented the farmer-wing, while Vancouver"s Angus MacInnis, the son-in-law of former party founding leader J.S. Woodsworth, represented the labour-wing.

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He was a member of the Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), and served over 13 years as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) in the Canadian House of Commons.

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