Edward J. "Ned" Canfield (born November 6, 1955) is a former

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member of the Michigan House of Representatives for Tuscola and

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Biography

Canfield was born in

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in November 1955 and raised on his family's farm in Fowlerville.Biography :: Dr. Edward J. "Ned" Canfield for State Representative
/ref> Canfield graduated from high school in 1973 and enlisted in the

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two years later. After five years as a hospital corpsman, Canfield was honorably discharged. He earned a degree in biological sciences from what was then Lake Superior State College (now-University) in 1983 and graduated from Michigan State University with a doctorate in

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in 1988. Canfield practiced medicine in Lansing from 1989 to 1992, then opened a family practice in Sebewaing with his wife which he sold to Covenant Healthcare in 2010. He currently is a family physician in

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. Canfield previously ran as an independent for the House in

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and lost.

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