David Vaughan Pugh

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David Vaughan Pugh
Member of Parliament
for Okanagan Boundary
In office
March 1958 April 1968
Personal details
Born27 November 1907
Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
Died21 June 2005(2005-06-21) (aged 97)
Political party Progressive Conservative
Professionbarrister and solicitor, insurance agent

David Vaughan Pugh (27 November 1907 – 21 June 2005) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Okotoks, Alberta and had a career as a solicitor, barrister, and insurance agent.

Pugh was educated at Trinity College School, Brentwood College and the University of British Columbia, from which he graduated in 1934. He then obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society.

He was first elected at the Okanagan Boundary riding in the 1958 general election after an unsuccessful bid for the seat in 1957. Pugh was re-elected there in 1962, 1963 and 1965. He was defeated in the 1968 election by Bruce Howard of the Liberal party.


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