John Allmond Marsh

Who was John Allmond Marsh?

John Allmond Marsh was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Guelph, Ontario and became a business executive.

Marsh attended public school at Hamilton, then Peterboro Collegiate Institute, then the University of Toronto. He was an alderman for Hamilton, Ontario from 1936 to 1937.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Hamilton West riding in a by-election on 22 March 1937. After completing the remaining months of the 18th Canadian Parliament, Marsh became a candidate under the National Government party banner but was defeated in the 1940 election by Colin W. G. Gibson of the Liberal party.