John Lemuel Bethune (March 9, 1850 – September 27, 1913) was a
Canadian physician and politician in the province of
Nova Scotia.
Born in
Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia, the son of Roderick and Mary B. Bethune, Bethune received his Doctor of Medicine degree from
Dalhousie College
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in 1875. From 1886 to 1896, he was the
Nova Scotia Conservative member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria County. He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Common ...
for the electoral district of
Victoria in the
1896 federal election. A
Conservative, he did not run in
1900
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. In 1881, he was a captain and paymaster for the 94th Battalion, Argyle Highlanders Volunteer Militia. In 1893, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
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1850 births
1913 deaths
Dalhousie University alumni
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
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