Alonzo Bowen Hyndman (28 July 1890 – 9 April 1940) was a

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physician and politician. Hyndman was a Conservative and National Government member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a physician by career. He attended high school in

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, then Smiths Falls Collegiate. He studied at

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in Montreal where he attained his medical degree (MDCM) in 1915, then established a medical practice at

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. Hyndman was first elected to Parliament at Ontario's Carleton riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there under the

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. Hyndman died suddenly on 9 April 1940, two weeks after the general election, before he was due to be sworn in for the

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Electoral record

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* 1890 births 1940 deaths Physicians from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from Ottawa People from the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry {{HistoricalConservative-Ontario-MP-stub