Walter Franklyn Matthews (21 March 1900 – 16 September 1986) was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. Born in Reston, Manitoba

Reston, Manitoba

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, he was a merchant by career.

He was first elected at the Nanaimo

Nanaimo (electoral district)

Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings....

 riding in the 1958 general election

Canadian federal election, 1958

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, after an unsuccessful attempt there in the 1957 election

Canadian federal election, 1957

The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...

. He served one term, the 24th Canadian Parliament

24th Canadian Parliament

The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958 until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.It was controlled by a...

, before the riding was renamed Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.This riding was created in 1903 as "Nanaimo" riding...

. Matthews was defeated in the 1962 election

Canadian federal election, 1962

The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...

 by Colin Cameron

Colin Cameron (politician)

Colin Cameron was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral districts of Nanaimo from 1953 to 1958 and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands from 1962 to 1968 in the Canadian House of Commons...

 and again in 1963

Canadian federal election, 1963

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 and Canadian federal election, 1965

Canadian federal election, 1965

The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House...

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