John Lawrence Stansell

John Lawrence Stansell (17 June 1875 – 21 October 1956) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.

He was born in Haughton, Ontario and became a purebred livestock breeder and farmer.

[1] Stansell campaigned under the National Liberal and Conservative Party in a 22 November 1920 by-election at Elgin East but was unsuccessful.

He was defeated in the 1926 federal election by William Horace Taylor.

After more riding changes in the 1930s, Stansell ran in the Elgin riding in the 1935 election as a Reconstruction Party candidate but was again unsuccessful in winning a Parliamentary seat.