Art Child

This article is about the British ice hockey player. For the Canadian businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer of Burns Foods, see Arthur Child.

Arthur Child
MPP for Wentworth
In office November 22, 1951 – June 10, 1959
Preceded by	Joseph Lees Easton
Succeeded by	Raymond Clare Edwards
Personal details
Born	(1915-09-15)September 15, 1915 London, England
Died	Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Ontario Progressive Conservative Party

Arthur Child
Position	Goaltender
Played for	Wembley Lions Earls Court Rangers Wembley Monarchs
National team	Great Britain
Playing career	1935–1940

Arthur John "Art" Child (September 15, 1915 – June 30, 1996) was a British-born Canadian politician and former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Child was born at London, England in 1915, the son of Alfred Child. He moved to Canada in 1919 and was educated in Hamilton, Ontario, but returned to England to play hockey in 1935. He was the backup goaltender for the GB national ice hockey team which won gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). Child himself did not take to the ice during the tournament and was not awarded a gold medal. He also played for the Wembley Lions. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Child later returned to Canada and worked as a supervisor for the American Can Company. He was also involved in the local sports circles in Hamilton, Ontario.

In the Ontario general election, 1951, Child was elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly to represent the constituency of Wentworth as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. He served until the Ontario general election, 1959. He married Olga Hubert in 1940 in London, England and had one son. Child died of a heart attack while playing golf at the Dundas Golf and Country Club in 1996. He was 80.

External links

• British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry