{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Thomas Simpson | birth_name = John Thomas Simpson | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1870|10|27}} | birth_place = Waverley, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|12|13|1870|10|27|df=yes}} | death_place = | spouse = Annie Clute<br />m. 3 November 1897<ref name=CPG32>{{cite book | title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide | first=A.L. | last=Normandin | year=1932 }}</ref> | riding = Simcoe North | predecessor = William Alves Boys | successor = Duncan Fletcher McCuaig | term_start = July 1930 | term_end = October 1935 | profession = farmer | party = Conservative | footnotes = | website = }}

'''John Thomas Simpson''' (27 October 1870 &ndash; 13 December 1965) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Waverley, Ontario and became a farmer and a municipal politician.

Simpson attended schools in Simcoe County, including Barrie Collegiate Institute. He served on the council of Simcoe County for 12 years, serving as councillor and reeve of Tiny Township, becoming the county warden in 1913 and county clerk in 1922. In 1919, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1919 Ontario election.<ref name=CPG32 />

He was first elected to Parliament at the Simcoe North riding in the 1930 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, he was defeated by Duncan Fletcher McCuaig of the Liberal party in the 1935 election.

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==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=John Thomas Simpson |sopt=t}} * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=855}}

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