Henry Lumley Drayton
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Sir Henry Lumley Drayton (April 27, 1869 – August 28, 1950) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Kingston, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons from Kingston in 1919 as a Conservative Party candidate. He served as Minister of Finance under both Sir Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen until the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1921 general election. Drayton kept his seat in that election.
In 1927, he was a candidate the leadership of the Conservative Party, but finished in last place. Drayton retired from politics in 1928.
He attempted to return to Parliament in the 1945 election from a seat in Victoria, British Columbia, but lost narrowly to the Liberal candidate.
External links
- Political biography from the Library of Parliament (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=16019&s=M)
| Preceded by: Sir Thomas White | Minister of Finance 2 August 1919 – 29 December 1921 | Succeeded by: William Stevens Fielding |
| Preceded by: James Alexander Robb | Minister of Finance (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926 | Succeeded by: Richard Bedford Bennett |