Henry Read Emmerson (November 7, 1883 – June 21, 1954) was a
Canadian
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business executive, salesman, and politician.
Born in
Dorchester, New Brunswick, the son of
Henry Robert Emmerson and Emily Charlotte Record, he was defeated twice when he ran for the
House of Commons of Canada as the
Liberal candidate in the
1926
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1930
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federal elections for the riding of
Westmorland. He was elected in the
1935 election and re-elected twice in
1940
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1945
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. In 1949, he was appointed to the
Senate of Canada
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representing the senatorial division of Dorchester, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1954.
Electoral record
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1883 births
1954 deaths
Businesspeople from New Brunswick
Canadian senators from New Brunswick
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick