Henry Read Emmerson
The Hon. Henry Read Emmerson | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Westmorland | |
| In office October 14, 1935 – June 24, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Otto Baird Price |
| Succeeded by | Edmund William George |
| Senator for Dorchester, New Brunswick | |
| In office June 25, 1949 – June 21, 1954 | |
| Appointed by | Louis St. Laurent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 7, 1883 Dorchester, New Brunswick |
| Died | June 21, 1954 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Henry Read Emmerson (November 7, 1883 – June 21, 1954) was a Canadian business executive, salesman, and politician.
Born in Dorchester, New Brunswick, the son of Henry Robert Emmerson and Emily Charlotte Record, he was defeated twice when he ran for the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal candidate in the 1926 and 1930 federal elections for the riding of Westmorland. He was elected in the 1935 election and re-elected twice in 1940 and 1945. In 1949, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Dorchester, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1954.
Electoral record[edit]
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 10,737 | 51.3 | -9.0 | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 10,204 | 48.7 | +9.0 | ||||
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| 1930 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 13,304 | 55.1 | +3.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 10,836 | 44.9 | -3.8 | ||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 16,307 | 62.8 | +17.9 | ||||
| Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 6,342 | 24.4 | -30.7 | ||||
| Reconstruction | Charles Younger-Lewis | 3,312 | 12.8 | * | ||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 16,431 | 61.6 | -1.2 | ||||
| National Government | William Emmet McMonagle | 10,259 | 38.4 | +14.0 | ||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 17,251 | 53.0 | -8.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William Alfred Walker | 11,612 | 35.7 | -2.7 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Claude Pearson Milton | 3,707 | 11.4 | * | ||||