John A.M. Armstrong was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1911 as the member for York North and re-elected in 1917. He ran in the elections of 1908 and 1921 as a Conservative and lost both elections. Prior to his federal political experience, he served as reeve of King Township council in 1908.[1]
Born in 1877, he was the third son of Arthur Armstrong and Mary Bosworth.[2] He married Alice Henrietta Armstrong in 1900 in Alliston, Ontario.[3]
He died in Lloydtown, Ontario, of an acute infection in 1926. At the time of his death, he worked as a conveyencer.[4]
↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMQ7-6W5 : 15 January 2016), John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong, 19 Nov 1877; citing Birth, King City, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,215.
↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZB8-VDV : 8 March 2021), Jno A Mcdonald Armstrong and Alice Henrietta Armstrong, 08 Nov 1900; citing registration , Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,078.
↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKW5-44V : 11 December 2014), Jno. Alex Mcdonald Armstrong, 02 Feb 1926; citing York, Ontario, Canada, cn158, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,860.
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