Question: Facts: - parliament: canadian - smallimage: peter elson.jpg - successor: samuel francis glass - constituency mp: middlesex east - death date: 11 june 1913 - predecessor: james gilmour - party: conservative - term end: 1913 - term start: 1904 - birth date: 18 january 1839 - name: peter elson - birth place: london township , canada west Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter elson -lrb- canadian politician -rrb- .
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peter elson -lrb- january 18 , 1839 -- june 11 , 1913 -rrb- was a canadian politician .born in the township of london , county of middlesex , canada west , the son of joseph and samantha elson , elson was educated at the schools of middlesex and hamilton .a farmer , he was deputy reeve of london township for two years , reeve for eight years , county councilor for 18 years , and warden of middlesex county for one year .he was first elected to the canadian house of commons for middlesex east in the general elections of 1904 .a conservative , he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911 .he died in office in 1913 .