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Samuel Lawrence | |
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MPP for Hamilton East | |
In office 1934–1937 | |
Preceded by | William Morrison |
Succeeded by | John P. MacKay |
Mayor of Hamilton | |
In office January 1, 1944 – December 31, 1949 | |
Preceded by | William Morrison |
Succeeded by | Lloyd Jackson |
Personal details | |
Born | Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England | August 16, 1879
Died | October 25, 1959 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | (aged 80)
Resting place | Hamilton Cemetery |
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Ontario CCF |
Spouse | Isabelle Marshall (1877-1957) |
Relations | William Lawrence (father) and Ann Geard (mother) |
Children | Arthur William Francis(son), Leonard George (son), Sidney James (son), Marion Isabelle (daughter) |
Occupation | Stonemason |
Samuel Lawrence (August 16, 1879 – October 25, 1959) was a Canadian politician and trade unionist. He was the first member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and subsequently served as Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
Lawrence was born in Somerset, England and went to work in a quarry at the age of 12. He became a shop steward in the Operative Stonemasons' Union at the age of 18. He entered politics, running for election in Battersea in London.
Known as "Mr. Labour",[1] Sam Lawrence was an alderman, controller, and the Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1944 to 1949.[2] He was also President of the Stone Cutters' Union, Vice-President of the Hamilton Trades and Labour Council, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) party in the Ontario legislature as well as Ontario CCF president in the early 1940s[3][4]
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