Kenneth Judson Cochrane (4 August 1896 – 25 January 1982) was a shipbuilder, lumber merchant and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1935 to 1940 as a

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member and represented Cumberland in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1949 as a

. He was born in

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, the son of George Melville Cochrane and Sarah Soley. He was educated at the Ontario Business College in Belleville. He worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and as an engineer for the Nova Scotia Department of Highways. In 1917, he married Gwendolyn E. Kerr.Marriages, Nova Scotia Vital Statistics
/ref> Cochrane also served as a member of the municipal council for

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in 1918. He was defeated by

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when he ran for reelection to the federal seat in 1940. Cochrane served as a lieutenant in the reserves from 1943 to 1944. He died at a Truro, Nova Scotia hospital in 1982.

Electoral record

References

* * ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1940'', AL Normandin 1896 births Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia 1982 deaths {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub