John Best | |
Constituency Mp: | Dufferin |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | John Barr |
Successor: | Robert John Woods |
Term Start: | 1909 |
Term End: | 1921 |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1861 |
Birth Place: | Geelong, Australia |
Death Date: | 7 June 1923 (aged 62) |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Conservative Party (1909–1917) Unionist Party (1917–1921) Conservative Party (1921–) |
Occupation: | farmer |
John Best (11 July 1861 in Geelong, Australia – 7 June 1923)[1] was an Australian-born politician in Canada. He was acclaimed to the House of Commons of Canada, after the death of his predecessor John Barr, on 22 December 1909, as a member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Dufferin. He was re-elected in the 1911 election and was re-elected as a Unionist in 1917 then defeated in the 1921 election as a Conservative.