Henry Alfred Hosking (6 August 1908 – 3 June 1957) was a Liberal party member of the

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. He was born in

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, United States and moved with his family to Canada, at Rockwood, Ontario later in his birth year. He attended

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then

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where he graduated with a

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in 1933. His career included jobs as a mechanical engineer, a merchant and president of Hosking Motors. During

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, he served with the Canadian Army's Canadian Military Engineers. In 1948 and 1949, he was a city councillor for Guelph City Council. Hosking was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected for a second term in

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. In April 1957, Hosking was en route to Ottawa when he fell ill. He was taken off the train at Oshawa station and sent to Toronto

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where he received an operation. In late May, he was admitted to Guelph's St. Joseph's Hospital with symptoms of

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. Hosking died there on 3 June 1957, one week before the federal election in which he was registered as a candidate. As a result, the vote at

was delayed until 15 July in order to establish a new set of nominees for the riding.

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* 1908 births 1957 deaths American expatriates in Canada Canadian merchants Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Guelph city councillors People from Bellows Falls, Vermont {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub