Hugh Plaxton
Toronto Daily Star, April 16 1935
Hugh Plaxton (1904-1982) was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team that won gold at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He then played 17 games for the Montreal Maroons of the NHL in 1932-33.
He did indeed get the Liberal nomination for the Trinity riding (located in southwest Toronto), and he was elected to the House of Commons in the 1935 general election. In 1940, he lost the Liberal nomination for his seat, which ended his political career. He doesn't seem to have done anything noteworthy after that.
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