Art Child
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1915–1996)}}
{{About|the British ice hockey player|the Canadian businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer of Burns Foods|Arthur Child}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arthur Child
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| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1951
| term_end = 1959
| predecessor = Joseph Lees Easton
| successor = Raymond Clare Edwards
| constituency = Wentworth
| party = Progressive Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|9|15}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|6|30|1915|9|15}}
| death_place = Dundas, Ontario, Canada
| spouse = Olga Hubert
| children = 1
| occupation = Hockey player
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{{Infobox ice hockey player | embed=yes
| position = Goaltender
| played_for = Wembley Lions
Earls Court Rangers
Wembley Monarchs
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| ntl_team = GBR
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| career_start = 1935
| career_end = 1940
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Arthur John Child (September 15, 1915 – June 30, 1996) was a British-born Canadian politician and former amateur ice hockey goaltender. He played ice hockey for three British teams from 1935 to 1940. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1959 representing the Hamilton area riding of Wentworth.
Background
Child was born at London, England in 1915, the son of Alfred Child.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WVLAAAAMAAJ&q=Arthur+John+Child |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |author1=Pierre G. Normandin |author2=A. Léopold Normandin |via=Books.google.ca |date=1957 |accessdate=2016-09-10 |page=620}} He moved to Canada in 1919 and was educated in Hamilton, Ontario, but returned to England to play hockey in 1935. He was the backup goaltender for the GB national ice hockey team which won gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). Child himself did not take to the ice during the tournament and was not awarded a gold medal. He also played for the Wembley Lions. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Child later returned to Canada and worked as a supervisor for the American Can Company. He was also involved in the local sports circles in Hamilton, Ontario. He married Olga Hubert in 1940 in London, England and had one son. Child died of a heart attack while playing golf at the Dundas Golf and Country Club in 1996. He was 80.{{cite news |title=Child remembered for his kindness, generosity |last=Phillips |first=Carol |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator July 2, 1996 |page=S12}}
Politics
In the 1951 provincial election, Child ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Hamilton area riding of Wentworth. He defeated incumbent CCF member J.L. Easton by 408 votes.{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Complete Ontario Vote |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=November 22, 1951 |location=Montreal|page=4 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l6gtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7192%2C3337413}} He served as a backbench supporter of the Leslie Frost government for the next eight years and was re-elected in 1955.{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=June 10, 1955 |location=Ottawa |page=4 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vCAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TN0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4268%2C2256424}} In the 1959 election, he was defeated by Liberal candidate Raymond Clare Edwards by 945 votes.{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=June 12, 1959 |location=Ottawa |page=26 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yh0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6095%2C2812390}}
References
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=arthur-john-child|old_id=992|name=Arthur John Child}}
- {{icehockeystats}}
- {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145209/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/child.htm |title=British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry}}
- {{Olympedia|138435}}
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Category:British emigrants to Canada
Category:British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Category:English ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Great Britain
Category:Politicians from Essex
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:Wembley Lions players
Category:Wembley Monarchs players
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario