Arthur Slaght
Birth nameArthur Graeme Slaght
Birth date3 May 1877
Birth placeSimcoe, Ontario
Death date21 January 1964 (aged 86)
SpouseEvelyn Lukes
m. 17 September 1903[1]
RidingParry Sound
PredecessorJames Arthurs
SuccessorWilfred McDonald
Term startOctober 1935
Term endApril 1945
Professionbarrister, solicitor
PartyLiberal

Arthur Graeme Slaght (3 May 1877 – 21 January 1964) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Slaght served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Simcoe, Ontario.

Slaght attended secondary school at Simcoe, then studied at Osgoode Hall Law School.[1]

He unsuccessfully attempted to win a seat in the House of Commons at Timiskaming riding in a by-election on 7 April 1920. He won the Parry Sound seat in the 1935 federal election and was re-elected there in 1940. After completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament, Slaght did not seek a further term in the 1945 election.

References

  1. ^ Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide