Alexander Dew Chaplin

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Dew Chaplin | birth_name = Alexander Dew Chaplin | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1872|4|10}} | birth_place = [[Clarington, Ontario|Port Granby, Ontario]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1938|1|18|1872|4|10|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Chatham, Ontario]]<ref name="johnson"/> | spouse = Edith Anne Jackson<br />m. 25 October 1911<ref name=CPG26>{{cite book | title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide | year=1926 | first=A.L. | last=Normandin }}</ref> | riding = [[Kent (Ontario federal electoral district)|Kent, Ontario]] | predecessor = [[James Murdock (politician)|James Murdock]] | successor = [[James Rutherford (Canadian politician)|James Rutherford]] | term_start = October 1925 | term_end = September 1926 | profession = manufacturer | party = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] | footnotes = | website = }}

'''Alexander Dew Chaplin''' (10 April 1872 – 18 January 1938) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] businessman and politician. Chaplin was a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]]. He was born in [[Clarington, Ontario|Port Granby, Ontario]] and became a manufacturer.

The son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, he was educated in [[St. Catharines, Ontario]] and [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]].<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref>

Chaplin was managing director and secretary-treasurer for the [[Chatham-Kent, Ontario|Chatham, Ontario]] based Hayes Wheel Company of Canada <ref name=CPG26 /> and was first elected to Parliament at the [[Kent (Ontario federal electoral district)|Kent, Ontario]] riding in the [[1925 Canadian federal election|1925 general election]]. After serving one term in Parliament, Chaplin was defeated in the [[1926 Canadian federal election|1926 federal election]] by [[James Rutherford (Canadian politician)|James Rutherford]] of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal party]].

His brother [[James Dew Chaplin|James Dew]] and his nephew [[Gordon Chaplin]] also served in the House of Commons.

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