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Judson Egbert Hetherington (May 15, 1866 – January 29, 1928) was a physician and political figure in
Judson Egbert Hetherington (May 15, 1866 – January 29, 1928) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick
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, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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from 1917 to 1925 as a Liberal
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He was born in Codys, New Brunswick
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History
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, the son of Thomas Hetherington
Major Sir Thomas Chalmers Hetherington, (18 September 1926 – 28 March 2007), better known as Sir Tony Hetherington, was a British barrister. He was Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales from 1977 to 1987, and was the first head ...
and Violet D. Thorne. He studied medicine at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College and Rush Medical College
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. In 1894, he married Anna H. Lancey. In 1906, he retired from medicine and returned to New Brunswick. Hetherington was a prominent freemason
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. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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from 1919 to 1920 and as Provincial Secretary-Treasurer (Minister of Finance) from 1921 to 1925, when he was defeated.
His widow established the Judson E. Hetherington Memorial Library at Saint John Hospital and scholarships for New Brunswick medical students at Acadia University
Acadia University is a public, predominantly Undergraduate education, undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some Postgraduate education, graduate programs at the master's level and one at the Doctorate, doctor ...
under the Hetherington name.Anna Hetherington, New Brunswick MuseumReferences
* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1920'', EJ Chambers