James Herbert Matthews

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Herbert James Mathews
Member of Parliament
for Kootenay East
In office
June 1945 – June 1949
Preceded byGeorge E. L. Mackinnon
Succeeded byJames Allen Byrne
Personal details
Born
Herbert James Mathews

(1883-02-28)28 February 1883
Spondon, Derbyshire, England
Died3 September 1972(1972-09-03) (aged 89)
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Political partyCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
ProfessionChristian minister

Herbert James Matthews (28 February 1883 – 3 September 1972) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Spondon, Derbyshire, England, and became a Christian minister by career.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Kootenay East riding in the 1945 general election after an unsuccessful attempt there in 1940. He was defeated in the 1949 election by James Allen Byrne of the Liberal party.

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