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Clayton W. Hodgson (1897-1970) was involved in various aspects of the lumbering industry in Haliburton County for most of his life. The C. W. Hodgson Lumber Company was well-known and provided employment for local men over the years. He had a life long interest in politics. "C.W." served variously on Dysart council from the mid-1920s to the early-1930s, and was reeve in 1944. From 1945 to 1963, he was the federal Member of Parliament for the Victoria riding, representing Haliburton and district in Ottawa.