Thomas Langton Church
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Thomas Langton "Tommy" Church | |
|---|---|
George Harris Hees | |
| 37th Mayor of Toronto | |
| In office 1915–1921 | |
| Preceded by | Horatio Clarence Hocken |
| Succeeded by | Charles A. Maguire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1873 Conservative |
Thomas Langton Church (1873 – February 7, 1950) was a Canadian politician.
After serving as
Toronto North. He was defeated in the 1930 election in Toronto West Centre, but returned to Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto East in a 1934 by-election
. He remained in the House of Commons until his death in 1950.
As mayor, Church was strongly backed by the Toronto Telegram and opposed by the Toronto Daily Star. He was occasionally mocked in the pages of the Star by Ernest Hemingway who was, at the time, a reporter for the paper. Late in his career as an MP, Church denounced the newly formed United Nations as "modern tower of Babel", for "which Canada and Great Britain should not allow their interests to be the play thing."
In the House of Commons in June 1936, he protested against the requirement of bilingual banknotes in the
1935 Series.[1] He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada
.
Notes
- ^ a b The Evening Citizen 1936, p. 5.
References
- "Tense scene as McGeer makes attack on govt". The Evening Citizen. Vol. 93, no. 299. June 3, 1936.
External links
- Thomas Langton Church – Parliament of Canada biography
- Thomas Langton Church fonds, Archives of Ontario
