Henry A. Waterman

Henry Arthur Waterman (June 7, 1872 – October 25, 1955) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1938 to 1949. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Henry A. Waterman
MLA for Yarmouth
In office
1938–1949
Preceded byLindsay C. Gardner
Succeeded byWilliam Heartz Brown
Donald J. Fraser
Personal details
Born(1872-06-07)June 7, 1872
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
DiedOctober 25, 1955(1955-10-25) (aged 83)
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party

Waterman was born in 1872 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was a mechanical engineer.[2] He married Coral Davis in 1919, and retired to Yarmouth.[2]

Waterman served as mayor of Yarmouth from 1928 to 1929.[2] Waterman entered provincial politics in 1938, winning a byelection for the Yarmouth riding by acclamation.[1] He was re-elected in the 1941[3] and 1945 elections.[4] He did not reoffer in the 1949 election.[1] Waterman died at Yarmouth on October 25, 1955.[2]

References
  1. "Electoral History for Yarmouth" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 228. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1941. p. 78. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  4. "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
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