Leslie Alexander Mutch (1897-?)

MP (1936-1940), MP (1940-1945), MP (1945-1949), MP (1949-1953).

Born at Crystal City, Manitoba on 14 January 1897, son of Alexander Mutch and Martha Ann Simpson, he attended the University of Manitoba (BA, MA) and was a school teacher from 1925 to 1928. He married Corra M. Travis on 28 June 1921. He became district agent for the Confederation Life Association and an advertising executive with the T. Eaton Company at Winnipeg. He served with the 2nd Battalion of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War One, from 1940 to 1945, attaining the rank of Major. He was elected to the House of Commons for Winnipeg South in 1935, re-elected in 1940, 1945 and 1949, but did not stand for re-election in 1953.

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Profile revised: 3 January 2009

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