John Lloyd (Canadian politician)

John Edward Lloyd (2 August 1908 – 16 September 1985)[1] was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Halifax riding. He is a lecturer and chartered accountant by career. He was born in Aldershot, England.

After unsuccessfully campaigning for the riding in the 1962 federal election, he won the seat in the 1963 federal election and served in the 26th Canadian Parliament until 1965. He lost the seat to Progressive Conservative candidates in the 1965 federal election.

1965 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McCleave	46,007	25.08	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	40,983	22.34	Y
	Liberal	John Lloyd	39,942	21.77
	Liberal	Robert J. Butler	38,191	20.82
	New Democratic	Jim Aitchison	8,983	4.90
	New Democratic	Bruce Wallace	8,387	4.57
	Independent	Ignatius Jeriome Kennedy	950	0.52
Total valid votes			183,443	100.00

1963 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	John Lloyd	46,274	25.29	Y
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	45,173	24.69	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McCleave	42,548	23.25
	Progressive Conservative	Finlay Macdonald	41,655	22.77
	New Democratic	Allan O'Brien	3,860	2.11
	New Democratic	Perry Ronayne	3,466	1.89
Total valid votes			182,976	100.00

1962 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McCleave	42,964	23.77	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund L. Morris	41,804	23.12	Y
	Liberal	John Lloyd	41,472	22.94
	Liberal	Gerald A. Regan	40,635	22.48
	New Democratic	James H. Aitchison	6,464	3.58
	New Democratic	Perry Ronayne	5,653	3.13
	Social Credit	Robert J. Kuglin	1,784	0.99
Total valid votes			180,776	100.00