riding death_place death_date birth_place profession party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
dauphin dauphin , manitoba 9 december 1978 bruce county , ontario farmer , registered seed grower progressive conservative 5 december 1894 march 1958 elmer forbes
 april 1968 richard elmer forbes
elmer forbes

richard elmer forbes -lrb- 5 december 1894 -- 9 december 1978 -rrb- was a progressive conservative party member of the canadian house of commons .
he was born in bruce county , ontario and became a farmer and registered seed grower by career .
he was first elected at the dauphin riding in the 1958 general election after an initial unsuccessful attempt to win the seat in 1953 .
elmer forbes was re-elected in 1962 , 1963 and 1965 .
after completing his term in the 27th canadian parliament in 1968 , forbes left federal politics and did not seek another term in parliament .
