Goldwin Corlett Elgie was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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. He represented Woodbine

Woodbine (electoral district)

Woodbine was an Ontario provincial electoral district that existed from 1926 to 1967. It covered a section of the eastern city of Toronto east of Jones Avenue and west of Woodbine Avenue. It was merged with the Beaches in 1967 to create the riding of Beaches—Woodbine.-MLAs/MPPs for St...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1934 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1948 as a Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 and then Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in Dresden

Dresden, Ontario

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, the son of George Albert Elgie and Margaret Elizabeth Corlett, and was educated in Dresden, at Albert College

Albert College (Belleville)

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, Western University

University of Western Ontario

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 and Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall Law School

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. In 1921, he married Vivian Granger McHenry.

In 1937, Elgie proposed legislation that would have allowed passengers to sue a driver for negligence in the event of an accident. The proposed bill was rejected by the Liberal government of the time.

His son Robert

Robert Elgie

Robert Goldwin Elgie is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. His father, Goldwin Elgie, was also a Conservative Ontario...

also served in the Ontario assembly.