Colin H. Chisholm Explained

Colin H. Chisholm
Birth Date:18 December 1919
Office:MLA for Antigonish
Term Start:1949
Term End:1956
Predecessor:John Patrick Gorman
Successor:William F. MacKinnon
Party:Liberal

Colin Herman Chisholm (December 18, 1919 – March 30, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Antigonish in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Born in 1919, Chisholm was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, and Macdonald College.[2] He married Eleanor MacDonald.[2] Chisholm entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, winning the Antigonish riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1953 election.[4] In June 1954, Chisholm was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Marketing and Minister of Lands and Forests.[2] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative William F. MacKinnon when he ran for re-election in 1956.[5] [6] Chisholm returned to politics in 1970, when he was elected mayor of Antigonish.[7] He died in office on March 30, 1994.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Antigonish. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-03. 2018-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20180404200829/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/Antigonish.pdf. dead.
  2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-04-03. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 34.
  3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949 . Elections Nova Scotia . 5 . 2015-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081248/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201949.pdf . 2015-05-18 .
  4. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953. Elections Nova Scotia. 5. 2015-05-07.
  5. News: PC's defeat Liberals in N.S. election. The Globe and Mail. October 31, 1956.
  6. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956. Elections Nova Scotia. 5. 2015-05-07.
  7. News: Antigonish mourns mayor. The Chronicle Herald. March 31, 1994.