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John Judah Glass
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>Glass was born in <a href="/facts/Lachva/944vSDs7">Lachva</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>. The son of Morris Glass and Pearl Chafers, he came to Canada in 1907. Glass was educated in <a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto</a>, at <a href="/facts/Toronto_University/FpGjQNm9">Toronto University</a> and <a href="/facts/Osgoode_Hall_Law_School/JoB28q16">Osgoode Hall</a>. He served in the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force/VlLfYB9C">Canadian Expeditionary Force</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Glass was called to the bar in 1920.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 1929, he married Anne Ethel Horowitz. </p> <h2 id="politics">Politics</h2> <p>He served on the Board of Education and was a Toronto alderman from 1931 to 1934. Glass ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ontario legislative assembly in 1929.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> He was elected in 1934 as a <a href="/facts/Ontario_Liberal_Party/pIB227M4">Liberal</a> and served in the <a href="/facts/Ontario_legislature/lHbUyB46">Ontario legislature</a> until 1943 when he was defeated by <a href="/facts/J._B._Salsberg/GtjI0Wk4">J. B. Salsberg</a> of the <a href="/facts/Labor-Progressive_Party/a06UB1QW">Labor-Progressive Party</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>In 1932, while on city council, Glass was chairman of the city's parks commission, he attempted to eliminate "<a href="/facts/Gentile/l7KWuu7v">Gentiles</a> only" signs by forbidding the erection of any signs on city property without the commission's approval.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h3>Provincial election results: St. Andrew</h3> <a href="/facts/1934_Ontario_general_election/EWhQcwW4">1934 Ontario general election</a><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Candidate</th><th>Votes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th><th>Vote %</th></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Liberal</td><td>J.J. Glass</td><td>5,841</td><td>42.4</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Conservative</td><td><a href="/facts/E._Frederick_Singer/Muc2UaUx">E. Frederick Singer</a></td><td>4,441</td><td>32.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Ontario)/N8vyMnP6">Communist</a></td><td>Meyer Klig</td><td>1,959</td><td>14.2</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Independent-Liberal</td><td>Claude Pierce</td><td>1,338</td><td>9.7</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Independent-Conservative</td><td>J.N. Day</td><td>186</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Total</td><td>13,765</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/facts/1937_Ontario_general_election/Nw45ajJg">1937 Ontario general election</a><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Candidate</th><th>Votes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></th><th>Vote %</th></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Liberal</td><td>J.J. Glass</td><td>6,481</td><td>38.6</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Labour</td><td><a href="/facts/J.B._Salsberg/GtjI0Wk4">Joseph B. Salsberg</a></td><td>6,302</td><td>37.6</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Conservative</td><td><a href="/facts/Nathan_Phillips_(politician)/LVr3MjxL">Nathan Phillips</a></td><td>3,097</td><td>18.5</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Co-operative Commonwealth</td><td>Harry Simon</td><td>890</td><td>5.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Total</td><td>16,770</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/facts/1943_Ontario_general_election/TpWcR06b">1943 Ontario general election</a><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Candidate</th><th>Votes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></th><th>Vote %</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Labor-Progressive_Party/a06UB1QW">Labor–Progressive</a></td><td>Joseph B. Salsberg</td><td>7,434</td><td>53.6</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Conservative</td><td>John Grudeff</td><td>2,452</td><td>17.7</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Liberal</td><td>J.J. Glass</td><td>2,284</td><td>16.5</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Co-operative Commonwealth</td><td><a href="/facts/Murray_Cotterill/x7MPDtSz">Murray Cotterill</a></td><td>1,689</td><td>12.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Total</td><td>13,859</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-judah-glass">Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Normandin, A L (1939). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Diversifying the bar: lawyers make history". Law Society of Upper Canada. p. 83. Retrieved 2011-07-14. <a href="http://www.lsuc.on.ca/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=8508" target="_blank">http://www.lsuc.on.ca/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=8508</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Normandin, A L (1939). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Diversifying the bar: lawyers make history". Law Society of Upper Canada. p. 83. Retrieved 2011-07-14. <a href="http://www.lsuc.on.ca/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=8508" target="_blank">http://www.lsuc.on.ca/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=8508</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Normandin, A L (1939). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. June 21, 1934. p. 3. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"PERSPECTIVES: 'No Dogs, No Jews' – no evidence". Canadian Jewish News. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015. <a href="http://www.cjnews.com/node/138306" target="_blank">http://www.cjnews.com/node/138306</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rae%20luckock&pg=3097%2C672685" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=rae%20luckock&pg=3097%2C672685</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>