Henry Ernest Kendall, (April 29, 1864 – September 2, 1949), was a farmer, physician and politician who served as the 19th

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from 1942 to 1947. Kendall was the son of Samuel Frederick Kendall of

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and Emily Long of London. The couple settled in

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in 1857. Kendall, a member and pastor of the

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, established the Union Church on Mitchell Island in 1866.http://homepage.mac.com/carpenter.architects/icelife46/future/1stIceChampions-hockey-intro.html Kendall was widowed in June, 1909 following the death of his wife, Ida B Burchell. Ida's parents were George Burchell and Louisa Lorway from Sydney, Nova Scotia. In 1913, he married Margaret McLennan, daughter of

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, an industrialist who would be appointed to the

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several years later. During

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, Kendall enlisted in the

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and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Stationary Hospital based at Bramshott Military Hospital in England from 1916 to 1919. In the 1921 federal election, Kendall was an unsuccessful candidate for the

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in Hants riding. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia at the age of 78, the oldest person to hold the office in the province's history. Kendall's brother,

Arthur Samuel Kendall Arthur Samuel Kendall (March 25, 1861 – July 18, 1944) was a Canadian physician and politician in Nova Scotia. Early life He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia as the son of the Reverend S. F. Kendall and Emily Kendall. Education Kendall educat ...

, was also a physician and served as both an MLA in the

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and as a federal Member of Parliament. His son, Jim Kendall (1889-1942), played hockey with the

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1906–1907, emigrating to

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(returned to Canada to serve during

) and later worked for

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. Kendall became a hockey great in his adopted home in

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References

1864 births 1949 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia People from Sydney, Nova Scotia Progressive Party of Canada candidates in the 1921 Canadian federal election Canadian Expeditionary Force officers {{Canada-viceroy-stub