Charles Parker Bissett (June 25, 1866 – November 18, 1916) was a physician and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Richmond County in the

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from 1904 to 1916 as a

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member. He was born in River Bourgeois,

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, the son of George Henry Bissett and Virginia Boudreau. He was educated at the

Pictou Academy Pictou Academy (PA), founded in 1815 by Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a grammar school; a liberal, nonsectarian degree-granting college; and then a secondary school. Picto ...

and

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. In 1896, he married Emma M. Cameron. Bissett was a member of the provincial Medical Board and served as physician to the Department of Marine and Indian Affairs. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1904 by-election held after

Duncan Finlayson Duncan Finlayson (September 12, 1867 – September 25, 1925) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician. Born in Grand River, Nova Scotia, the son of Donald and Annabella (Murchison) Finlayson, Finlayson was educated at the Sydney Acade ...

was elected to the House of Commons. Bissett died in

St. Peter's, Nova Scotia St. Peter's (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile Pheadair''; formerly known as "Santo Pedro", "Saint-Pierre", "Port Toulouse", and "St. Peters") is a small incorporated village located on Cape Breton Island in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada. This ...

at the age of 50.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1866 births 1916 deaths Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs McGill University alumni {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub