Malcolm Lang (politician)

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Malcolm Lang (February 25, 1875 – February 24, 1941) was a Canadian politician, prospector and contractor.

Malcolm Lang
Member of Parliament for Timiskaming South
In office 1926–1930
Preceded by	Ernest Frederick Armstrong
Succeeded by	Wesley Gordon
Ontario MPP
In office 1914–1926
Preceded by	New riding
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Constituency	Cochrane
Personal details
Born	(1875-02-25)February 25, 1875 Eagle, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 24, 1941(1941-02-24) (aged 65)
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	Prospector

He was born in Eagle, Elgin County, Ontario. Lang was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1914 provincial election as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cochrane. He was re-elected in 1919 and 1923. While still a Liberal MLA, Lang attempted to move to federal politics in 1925 as a Labour candidate in Timiskaming South. According to the House of Commons website, Lang faced off against another Labour candidate as well as the successful Conservative candidate. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada on his next attempt, in the 1926 federal election in a straight contest against the Conservative incumbent and with the unofficial support of the Liberals who did not stand a candidate. Though a Labour MP, Lang generally supported the federal Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King and ran for re-election in the 1930 federal election as a Liberal-Labour candidate, with the full backing of the Liberal party, but was unsuccessful.

External links

• Malcolm Lang – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history