Lewis Johnstone Lovett (28 August 1867 – 27 April 1942) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a physician. The son of Henry Lovett and Annie Johnstone, he was at

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and

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and practised medicine at Bear River in

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. In 1896, Lovett married Josephine Troope. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the 1921 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there as a

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in the 1917 federal election. After serving one term, the

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, Lovett was defeated by

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of the

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in the 1925 federal election. Lovett was also unsuccessful in unseating Short in the 1926 federal election, when the riding became known as Digby—Annapolis.

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