Lewis Elston CARDIFF
CARDIFF, Lewis Elston
Personal Data
- Party
- Progressive Conservative
- Constituency
- Huron (Ontario)
- Birth Date
- January 22, 1889
- Deceased Date
- April 16, 1969
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elston_Cardiff
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=eb52e405-9f56-43e3-ab3e-e41da2f14356&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- farmer
Parliamentary Career
- March 26, 1940 - April 16, 1945
- NATHuron North (Ontario)
- June 11, 1945 - April 30, 1949
- PCHuron North (Ontario)
- June 27, 1949 - June 13, 1953
- PCHuron North (Ontario)
- August 10, 1953 - April 12, 1957
- PCHuron (Ontario)
- Chief Government Whip (January 1, 1957 - January 1, 1958)
- Whip of the Progressive Conservative Party (January 1, 1957 - January 1, 1958)
- June 10, 1957 - February 1, 1958
- PCHuron (Ontario)
- Chief Government Whip (January 1, 1957 - January 1, 1958)
- Whip of the Progressive Conservative Party (January 1, 1957 - January 1, 1958)
- March 31, 1958 - April 19, 1962
- PCHuron (Ontario)
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture (November 18, 1959 - November 17, 1961)
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare (January 18, 1962 - April 19, 1962)
- June 18, 1962 - February 6, 1963
- PCHuron (Ontario)
- April 8, 1963 - September 8, 1965
- PCHuron (Ontario)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 1 of 254)
June 14, 1965
Mr. L. E. Cardiff (Huron):
I wish to address a question to the Minister of Finance. This morning I received a letter from the Women's Institute of Hensall, Ontario, asking whether
June 14, 1965
the Minister of Finance would remove the tax on exterior paint in order than anyone wanting to celebrate the centennial by painting the outside of his house might do so a little cheaper-
Subtopic: INQUIRY OF THE MINISTRY
June 2, 1965
Mr. Cardiff:
Mr. Speaker, I wonder whether I may ask the Minister of Finance why it is that the price of farm machinery is going up, up and up?
Subtopic: REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF SALES TAX ON FARM MACHINERY
June 2, 1965
Mr. L. E. Cardiff (Huron):
Mr. Speaker, I should like to direct a question to the Minister of Agriculture and at the same time draw it to the attention of the Minister of Finance.
I know the Minister is anxious to help the farmers of this country, but has he ever asked the Minister of Finance to try to remove the
II per cent sales tax on farm machinery, which is becoming unbearable to the farmers of Canada?
Subtopic: REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF SALES TAX ON FARM MACHINERY
March 25, 1965
Mr. Cardiff:
No, I will not name him. Old as I am, I should like to remind my friend sitting across from me not to start something he cannot finish.
I should like to thank everybody for the treatment I have received in this House of Commons, from all sides of the house, during the 25 years I have been a member. I think I have friends on all sides of the house. I want to thank everybody for putting up with me for that length of time.
March 25, 1965
Mr. L. E. Cardiff (Huron):
Mr. Speaker, my first words will be to thank you for your kind sentiments. I have, throughout the years, tried to be a man amongst men, and I have found the House of Commons a very good place to attempt that. I was brought up a farmer and I am still a farmer. In those days we had to work very hard. I was not very old when I tried to take a man's place.
Then when I came into parliament I found a different sort of work that had to be done. I think the most difficult job I tried to do after coming here was being whip of the largest government party we have ever had in Canada, 208 members. If you do not think that is a man's job, just try it. I am sure the whip on the government side right now with 130 members thinks he has a man's job. It is very easy to get along with men who are men, but even amongst members of parliament we sometimes get a few who are rather difficult to handle. During my term of office as whip I only had trouble with one man out of the 208, whom I had to put in his place, and I really put him there pretty hard. It did him a lot of good and I got a good deal of satisfaction out of doing it.