# John Campbell Elliott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Campbell_Elliott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Campbell_Elliott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_Elliott > Source revision: 1357102459 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian politician The Honourable John Campbell Elliott Elliott in 1927 Canadian Senator from Ontario In office 1940–1941 Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King Member of Parliament for Middlesex West In office 1925–1940 Preceded by John Alexander Stewart Succeeded by William Samuel Murphy Ontario MPP In office 1908–1919 Preceded by Duncan Campbell Ross Succeeded by John Giles Lethbridge Constituency Middlesex West Personal details Born (1872-08-25)25 August 1872 Ekfrid, Ontario, Canada Died 20 December 1941(1941-12-20) (aged 69) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Party Liberal Education Trinity College, Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School Occupation Lawyer **John Campbell Elliott**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (25 August 1872 – 20 December 1941) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [lawyer](/source/Lawyer) and politician. ## Early life He was born in [Ekfrid, Ontario](/source/Ekfrid%2C_Ontario), the son of George Elliott and Jane Campbell. He was educated at the [University of Trinity College](/source/University_of_Trinity_College) in the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto), studied law at [Osgoode Hall](/source/Osgoode_Hall) and was called to the bar in 1896. ## Career J. C. Elliott was first elected to the [Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) in 1908 as the [Member of the Legislative Assembly](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly) (MLA) for the [London, Ontario](/source/London%2C_Ontario) area [riding](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Middlesex West](/source/Middlesex_West_(provincial_electoral_district)) and a member of the [Ontario Liberal Party](/source/Ontario_Liberal_Party). The Liberals were out of government for the entire time Elliott was an MLA. In 1919, he ran in the [first Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention](/source/1919_Ontario_Liberal_Party_leadership_election), coming in a poor third, and left provincial politics shortly afterwards. Elliott moved to federal politics a few years later winning a seat in the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the [1925 federal election](/source/1925_Canadian_federal_election) as the [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) (MP) for the riding of [Middlesex West](/source/Middlesex_West). In March 1926, he was appointed to the [Canadian Cabinet](/source/Canadian_Cabinet) by [William Lyon Mackenzie King](/source/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King) as Minister of Labour. In September of that year, he was moved to the position of [Minister of Public Works](/source/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada)), and remained in that portfolio until the Liberal government's defeat in the [1930 election](/source/1930_Canadian_federal_election). Elliott was personally re-elected and sat on the [Opposition](/source/Parliamentary_opposition) benches until the Liberals returned to power in the [1935 election](/source/1935_Canadian_federal_election). Elliott was returned to Cabinet, this time as [Postmaster-General](/source/Canadian_Postmaster-General). In 1940, he was appointed to the [Senate of Canada](/source/Senate_of_Canada) where he sat until his death the next year.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Personal life J.C. Elliott was a member of a Baptist church, never married and had no issue. Elliott was a District Deputy in the [Masonic](/source/Freemason) Order.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## External links - [John Campbell Elliott – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=6953) - [Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history](https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-campbell-elliott) - [*A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...*, HW Charlesworth (1919)](https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095438/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3853) v t e Postmasters general of Canada Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet1 1The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981. v t e Ministers of veterans affairs of Canada Soldiers' civil re-establishment (1918–28) Lougheed Manion Béland Elliott Manion (acting) Morand (acting) Paquet King Pensions and national health (1928–44) King Ralston McLaren Sutherland Power Mackenzie Veterans affairs (1944–present) Mackenzie Gregg Lapointe Brooks Churchill Lambert Teillet Dubé Laing MacDonald McKinnon MacDonald Lamontagne (acting) Campbell Hees Merrithew Campbell McCreath Collenette Young Mifflin Baker Duhamel Pagtakhan McCallum Guarnieri Thompson Blackburn Blaney Fantino O'Toole Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor Fisher v t e Ministers of public works of Canada Public works (1867–1996) McDougall Langevin Mackenzie Tupper Langevin Smith Ouimet Desjardins Tarte Sutherland Hyman Pugsley Monk Rogers Ballantyne Carvell Reid (acting) Sifton Reid (acting) McCurdy Bostock King Perley Ryckman Elliott Stewart P. Cardin Michaud (acting) Fournier Harris (acting) Winters Green Walker Green (acting) Fulton Deschatelets L. Cardin McIlraith Laing Dubé Drury Buchanan Ouellet Nielsen Cosgrove LeBlanc Lapointe La Salle McInnes Jelinek (acting) MacKay Dick Dingwall Marleau1 Public works and government services (1996–2015) Marleau Gagliano Boudria Goodale Owen Brison Fortier Paradis Ambrose Finley Public services and procurement (2015–present) Foote Qualtrough Anand Tassi Jaczek Jean-Yves Duclos 1As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the minister of supply and services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1995. v t e Ministers of labour of Canada Labour (1900–96) Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux1 W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard Human resources development (1996–2005)2 Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden Human resources and skills development (2005–13) Stronach Finley Solberg Finley Employment and social development (2013–15) Kenney Poilievre Families, children and social development (2015–present) Duclos Labour (1996–2015) Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana3 Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch Employment, workforce and labour (2015–2019) Mihychuk Hajdu Labour (2019–present) Tassi O'Regan MacKinnon 1Until 1909, the office of the minister of labour was a secondary function of the postmaster-general of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. 2The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a minister of labour may be appointed. However, when no minister of labour is appointed, the minister of human resources development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the minister of labour. 3Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing". v t e Ministers of health of Canada Soldiers' civil re-establishment (1918–28) Lougheed (Senator) Manion Béland (Senator) Elliott Manion Morand Paquet King Pensions and national health (1928–44)1 King Ralston MacLaren Sutherland Power Mackenzie Health and welfare (1944–96) Claxton Martin Brooks Monteith LaMarsh MacEachen Munro Lalonde Bégin Crombie Bégin Epp Beatty Bouchard Collins Marleau Dingwall Health (1996–) Dingwall Rock McLellan Pettigrew Dosanjh Clement Aglukkaq Ambrose Philpott Petitpas Taylor Hajdu Duclos Holland Khera 1The portfolio was divided to create the posts of Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Veterans Affairs. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Campbell Elliott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_Elliott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_Elliott?action=history)). 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