Percy Verner Noble

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} [[File:Percy Verner Noble.png|thumb|Official 1968 portrait]] '''Percy Verner Noble''' (18 December 1902 – 19 June 1996) was a Canadian politician who served as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]].

Noble was born in [[Shallow Lake, Ontario]], the first of 11 children in his family. He initially trained for his father's career as a [[blacksmith]]. After subsequent work in the farming, railway and [[coal]] industries, he would eventually settle in the [[mink]] [[farming]] business. He also raised eight children with his wife, Kathleen.

He was first elected in 1957 in the [[Grey North (federal electoral district)|Grey North]] riding for the [[23rd Canadian Parliament]]. He was re-elected in consecutive elections until the [[28th Canadian Parliament]] which ended in 1972. The riding was realigned as [[Grey—Simcoe]] for his final term in Parliament. Following Noble's retirement from federal politics, his successor in Parliament was [[Gus Mitges]], also of the Progressive Conservative party.

==Electoral record== {{1957 Canadian federal election/Grey North}} {{1958 Canadian federal election/Grey North}} {{1962 Canadian federal election/Grey North}} {{1963 Canadian federal election/Grey North}} {{1965 Canadian federal election/Grey North}} ==References== *{{cite news | last=Canadian Press | pages=E12 | title=Long-time Conservative MP was well-known mink breeder | date=22 June 1996 | publisher=Globe and Mail}} (obituary)

==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10878}}

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