Joseph Elijah Armstrong (November 9, 1866 – January 31, 1931) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in York County, Canada West, Armstrong was educated in National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, PA. An oil producer, a manufacturer and farmer, he first ran unsuccessfully as the Protestant Protective Association

Protestant Protective Association

The Protestant Protective Association was an anti-Catholic group in the 1890s based in Ontario, Canada, associated with the Orange Order. Originally a spinoff of the American group the American Protective Association, it became independent in 1892...

 candidate for the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the electoral district of Lambton East

Lambton East

Lambton East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 in the 1896 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1896

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. Switching to the Conservative Party

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, he was elected in a 1904 by-election. He served from 1904 to 1921 and from 1925 to 1926.