votes. The defeat forced Meighen out of public life. Noseworthy was defeated in the subsequent 1945 general election by Alan Cockeram who had held the riding prior to the 1942 by-election, but returned as York South's MP in the 1949 election and remained in Parliament until his death. Noseworthy was an active parliamentarian and defended the rights of immigrants and minorities. At one point, he embarrassed the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Walter Harris, by tabling a letter Harris had written that made it clear that the government intended to use provisions of the new 1952 Immigration Act to exclude non-whites. External links Joseph William Noseworthy fonds - Library and Archives Canada Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs 20th-century Canadian politicians Canadian socialists 1888 births 1956 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Lewisporte Emigrants from the Dominion of Newfoundland to Canada