Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne (December 4, 1894 – March 8, 1984) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. After serving in the Newfoundland House of Assembly for four years, he was elected to the Newfoundland National Convention, which determined the Dominion's political future. He then served in the Canadian Parliament for the riding of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador from 1949 to 1958.
Early life
Born in Twillingate, Newfoundland, he was classmates with Lester Pearson while attending Victoria College, University of Toronto. After graduating in 1917, he joined the Canadian Army but was later not allowed to fight due to an irregular heartbeat. He fought instead with the British Army in Flanders from 1917 to 1918.
Politics
In 1923, he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Twillingate and was re-elected 1924.
In 1947, he was elected to the Newfoundland National Convention for Twillingate. Ashbourne was a supporter of Newfoundland's entry into Canada, and he visited Parliament Hill as a member of the Ottawa Delegation, where he helped to negotiate the Terms of Union for Confederation with Canada.[1]
Post-Confederation
After Confederation, Ashbourne was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Grand Falls—White Bay in 1949. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1953 and 1957.
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- 1894 births
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