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Archibald Stuart Duncan

Canadian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ27825361 ↗
Source-derived summary

Archibald Stuart Duncan (February 5, 1887 – May 24, 1955) was a doctor and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented London in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 as a Liberal.

The son of George Duncan and Christina Campbell, he was born in Dutton and was educated in London and at the University of Western Ontario.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Archibald Stuart Duncan” is canadian politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Archibald, Stuart and Duncan, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1887, 1955, 1934, 1943—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1887-02-05. For this dossier, Archibald, Stuart and Duncan is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “canadian politician” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27825361. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1887, 1955, 1934 and 1943.

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This entry incorporates text from “Archibald Stuart Duncan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.