Leonard Jennett Simpson was a physician and political figure in Ontario

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. He represented Simcoe Centre

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1929 to 1940 as a Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

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 member.

The son of James Simpson and Rachael Jennett, he was born in Thornton

Thornton, Ontario

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. Simpson was educated at the University of Toronto

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. In 1911, he married Eleanor M. Dutcher. Simpson ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ontario assembly in 1923. He served as Minister of Education from 1934 to 1940. In 1935, he was named honorary president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Simpson died in office in Picton

Picton, Ontario

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at the age of 58.