riding death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor profession party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
norfolk simcoe , ontario 18 december 2011 raymond elmer anderson north walsingham township , ontario john roxburgh farmer progressive conservative 30 november 1914 10 june 1957 evans knowles
 17 june 1962 john evans knowles
evans knowles

john evans knowles -lrb- 30 november 1914 -- 18 december 2011 -rrb- was a progressive conservative party member of the canadian house of commons .
born in north walsingham township , ontario , he was a farmer by career .
he was first elected at the norfolk riding in the 1957 general election and re-elected for second term in the 1958 election .
in the 1962 election , knowles was defeated by john roxburgh of the liberal party .
knowles was also unsuccessful in unseating roxburgh in the 1963 and 1965 elections .
knowles remained active in late 2008 , providing comment to local media on that year 's federal election .
he died after a short illness in 2011 .
