Desmond Code

Desmond Morton Code (16 November 1912 – 19 January 1980) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a construction superintendent and contractor by career.

Desmond Morton Code
Official 1968 portrait
Member of Parliament for Lanark
In office November 1965 – June 1968
Member of Parliament for Leeds
In office June 1968 – September 1972
Personal details
Born	(1912-11-16)16 November 1912 Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Died	19 January 1980(1980-01-19) (aged 67) Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	construction superintendent, contractor

He was first elected at the Lanark riding in the 1965 general election. His second term in Parliament was served at Leeds riding which he won in the 1968 election. Code left federal office in 1972 after completing his term in the 28th Canadian Parliament and has since not campaigned in another federal election.

Code died at a Kingston hospital on 19 January 1980. He was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Smiths Falls.^[1]