Victor Railton
Canadian politician
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Samuel Victor Railton (28 February 1906 – 23 July 1996) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Kelvin, Ontario and became a physician and surgeon by career.
Samuel Victor Railton | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Welland | |
| In office October 1972 – March 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Tolmie |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Parent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1906 Kelvin, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 23 July 1996 (aged 90) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Profession | physician, surgeon |
Railton studied medicine at the University of Toronto after graduation from Brantford Collegiate Institute. After establishing a medical practice at Port Colborne, Ontario, he served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps between 1940 and 1945. Following World War II, he became a surgeon in Welland, Ontario, and volunteered his skills in 1970 for the Nigerian Civil War.[1]
He was first elected at the Welland riding in the 1972 general election and was re-elected there in the 1974 election. He left federal politics after completing his term in the 30th Parliament.
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Welland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Victor Railton | 21,228 | 56.5 | +7.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alex McCrae | 9,107 | 24.2 | -7.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim McPherson | 6,983 | 18.6 | -0.5 | ||||
| Communist | John Severinsky | 238 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,556 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Welland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Victor Railton | 18,693 | 49.3 | -0.5 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kent Hodgson | 11,977 | 31.6 | +14.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ronald Cook | 7,256 | 19.1 | -13.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,926 | 100.0 | ||||||
