Henry Read Emmerson (November 7, 1883 – June 21, 1954) was a

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business executive, salesman, and politician. Born in

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, the son of

Henry Robert Emmerson Henry Robert Emmerson, (September 25, 1853 – July 9, 1914) was a New Brunswick lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. Henry Emmerson was educated at Amherst Academy, Mount Allison Academy, St. Joseph's College, Acadia Colle ...

and Emily Charlotte Record, he was defeated twice when he ran for the

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as the

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candidate in the 1926 and

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federal elections for the riding of

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. He was elected in the 1935 election and re-elected twice in 1940 and

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. In 1949, he was appointed to the

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representing the senatorial division of Dorchester, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1954.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmerson, Henry 1883 births 1954 deaths Businesspeople from New Brunswick Canadian senators from New Brunswick Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick