Howard Carson Graham, (August 3, 1899 – July 14, 1959), known as H. Carson Graham, was a Canadian physician. He was born to a farming family in

Kemptville Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It is located approximately south of the downtown core of Ottawa and ...

, south of Ottawa, Ontario, in 1899. After graduating with a medical degree from McGill University, Graham moved to North Vancouver to practise medicine in 1924. Carson Graham was elected to the North Vancouver Board of Education in 1944 and served continuously until 1958. Graham was a member of the North Vancouver Board of Trade and a director of the Seamen's Institute. He was the ship's doctor and medical officer to the police on the North Shore. At the time of his death from a heart attack in 1959, Graham was the Chief of Medical Staff at North Vancouver General Hospital. He was actively involved in the building of the current

Lions Gate Hospital Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) is a 268-bed medical facility located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The hospital is part of and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), the regional health authority for the North Shore. History The hospit ...

Carson Graham Secondary School Carson Graham Secondary is a public high school in the city of North Vancouver, British Columbia and part of School District 44 North Vancouver. History The school opened September 15, 1965, and is named after Dr. Carson Graham. In 2009, Car ...

was named for him as a tribute to his contribution to the North Vancouver community.

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Physicians from British Columbia People from Leeds and Grenville United Counties 1899 births 1959 deaths People from North Vancouver {{Canada-scientist-stub