Archibald McCoig

The Honourable
Archibald Blake McCoig
The Honourable Archibald Blake McCoig
Canadian Senator ; from Ontario
	In office; 1922–1927
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Member of Parliament; for Kent
	In office; 1917–1922
Preceded by	District was created in 1914
Succeeded by	James Murdock
Member of Parliament; for Kent West
	In office; 1908–1917
Preceded by	Herbert Sylvester Clements
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1917
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Kent West
	In office; 1905–1908
Preceded by	Thomas Letson Pardo
Succeeded by	George William Sulman
Personal details
Born	April 8, 1873; Tilbury East, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 21, 1927 (aged 54)
Party	Liberal

Archibald Blake McCoig (April 8, 1873 – November 21, 1927) was a Canadian politician.

Background

Born in Tilbury East, Ontario, the son of Daniel McCoig, a Scottish immigrant, he was elected as a Liberal candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the provincial riding of Kent West in the 1905 election. In 1908, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the federal riding of Kent West. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1911, 1917, and 1921. In 1922, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Kent, Ontario to allow James Murdock, the Minister of Labour, to take his seat. He served until his death in 1927.

McCoig married Adele M. Demarse in 1898. He served on the Chatham town council.