Hugh Carruthers

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alexander Carruthers

| image = File:Hugh Carruthers 1959 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Carruthers in 1959

| imagesize =

| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1959

| term_end1 = 1975

| predecessor1 = John Weir Foote

| successor1 = Riding abolished

| constituency1 = Durham

| party = Progressive Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|12|2}}

| birth_place = Lambton County, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|11|18|1906|12|2}}

| death_place = Port Hope, Ontario

| occupation = Teacher

| relations =

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Hugh Alexander (Alex) Carruthers (December 2, 1906 – November 18, 1977)[http://www.mundia.com/ca/Person/20381103/1022889137] Mundia genealogical reference was a Canadian politician, who represented Durham in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1959 to 1975 as a Progressive Conservative member.

Alex Carruthers was born in Lambton County to Hugh R. Carruthers and Dyell Amelia Levina. Prior to his election, he worked at CCM bicycles, in Weston, Ontario. He was principal of Hawkins Senior Public School in Port Hope, Ontario.