H. Carson Graham | |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1899 |
Birth Place: | Kemptville, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation: | Doctor |
Howard Carson Graham, (August 3, 1899 - July 14, 1959), known as H. Carson Graham, was a Canadian physician. He was born to a farming family in Kemptville, south of Ottawa, Ontario, in 1899. After graduating with a medical degree from McGill University, Graham moved to North Vancouver[1] to practise medicine in 1924.
Carson Graham was elected to the North Vancouver Board of Education in 1944[2] and served continuously until 1958.[3]
Graham was a member of the North Vancouver Board of Trade and a director of the Seamen's Institute. He was the ship's doctor and medical officer to the police on the North Shore.
At the time of his death from a heart attack in 1959, Graham was the Chief of Medical Staff at North Vancouver General Hospital.[4] [5] He was actively involved in the building of the current Lions Gate Hospital.
Carson Graham Secondary School was named for him as a tribute to his contribution to the North Vancouver community.[6]