Victor Clarence Porteous (5 November 1893 – 17 June 1966) was a National Government and Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Derby Township

Georgian Bluffs, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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 and became a farmer.

Porteous attended school at Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute

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, then college. In 1929 and 1930, he was a member of Derby Township

Georgian Bluffs, Ontario

Georgian Bluffs is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada, in Grey County located between Colpoy's Bay and Owen Sound on Georgian Bay.The township was incorporated on January 1, 2001 by amalgamating the former townships of Derby, Keppel, and Sarawak, and the village of Shallow...

 council.

He was elected to Parliament at the Grey North

Grey North

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 riding in the 1930 general election

Canadian federal election, 1930

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, defeating incumbent Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member William Pattison Telford, Jr.

William Pattison Telford, Jr.

William Pattison Telford was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Sydenham, Ontario and became a lawyer...

 After serving one term, he was defeated by Telford in the 1935 election

Canadian federal election, 1935

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. Porteous made another attempt to win the seat back in the 1940 election

Canadian federal election, 1940

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 under the National Party banner but was also unsuccessful.

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