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Henry Holgate Watson (December 25, 1867 – January 19, 1949) was a druggist and political figure in
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. He represented
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from 1909 to 1916 in the
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as a
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. He did not seek a third term in the Legislature in the 1916 provincial election. He was born in
Milton, Ontario Milton (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population 132,979) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing m ...
, the son of Henry Watson and Jane Elizabeth Holgate, and was educated in Milton and at
Upper Canada College Upper Canada College (UCC) is an independent day and boarding school for boys in Toronto, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The college is widely described as Canada's most prestigious preparatory school, and ha ...
. In 1892, Watson married Kathleen Constance Black. He died in Vancouver at the age of 81.


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1867 births 1949 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs Upper Canada College alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia {{Conservative-BritishColumbia-MLA-stub