Henry Lumley Drayton
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Sir Henry Lumley Drayton, PC (April 27, 1869 – August 28, 1950) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Kingston, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons from Kingston in 1919 as a Conservative Party candidate. He served as Minister of Finance under both Sir Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen until the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1921 general election. Drayton kept his seat in that election.
In 1927, he was a candidate the leadership of the Conservative Party, but finished in last place. Drayton retired from politics in 1928.
He attempted to return to Parliament in the 1945 election from a seat in Victoria, British Columbia, but lost narrowly to the Liberal candidate.
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas White |
Minister of Finance August 2, 1919 – December 29, 1921 |
Succeeded by William Stevens Fielding |
| Preceded by Charles Avery Dunning |
Minister of Railways and Canals (acting) June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926 |
Succeeded by William Anderson Black |
| Preceded by James Alexander Robb |
Minister of Finance (acting) July 13, 1926 – September 25, 1926 |
Succeeded by Richard Bedford Bennett |
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| Galt | Rose | Hincks | Tilley | Cartwright | Tilley | McLelan | Tupper | Foster | Fielding | White | Drayton | Fielding | Robb | Bennett | Robb | Dunning | Bennett | Rhodes | Dunning | Ralston | Ilsley | Abbott | Harris | Fleming | Nowlan | Gordon | Sharp | Benson | Turner | Macdonald | Chrétien | Crosbie | MacEachen | Lalonde | Wilson | Mazankowski | Loiselle | Martin | Manley | Goodale | Flaherty | ||
Categories: 1869 births | 1950 deaths | Members of the 10th Ministry in Canada | Members of the 11th Ministry in Canada | Members of the 13th Ministry in Canada | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario | Canadian Ministers of Finance | Canadian Ministers of Railways and Canals | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | Historical Conservative Party of Canada MPs | People from Kingston, Ontario | Canadian knights | Canadians of English descent
