Robert Ellsworth Elliott

Robert Ellsworth Elliott (January 19, 1901 – April 17, 1981) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1945 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1959. He represented the riding of Hamilton East.

Robert Ellsworth Elliott
Ontario MPP
In office November 22, 1951 – June 10, 1959
Preceded by	John Lawrence Dowling
Succeeded by	Norman Davison
Constituency	Hamilton East
In office 1945–1948
Preceded by	William Herbert Connor
Succeeded by	John Lawrence Dowling
Constituency	Hamilton East
Personal details
Born	(1901-01-19)January 19, 1901 Allenwood, Ontario, Canada
Died	April 17, 1981(1981-04-17) (aged 80) Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Edith May Homan
Children	2
Occupation	General contractor
Military service
Allegiance	Canadian
Branch/service	Royal Canadian Engineers
Years of service	1918-1928

Background

He was born in Allenwood, Ontario and was a general contractor. He married Edith May Homan in 1926 with whom he had two children.^[1] He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers for ten years.^[2] Elliott moved to Florida in 1968 and died there on April 17, 1981.^[3]

Politics

From 1934 to 1945 he served as an alderman on the Hamilton, Ontario City Council.^[4][5] In the 1945 provincial election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Hamilton East. He defeated CCF incumbent Herbert Connor by 2,945 votes.^[6]

In the 1948 election he lost to CCF candidate John Dowling but recaptured the riding from Dowling in 1951.^[7][8] He lost the riding in 1959 to CCF candidate Norm Davison by 1,072 votes.^[9]