Henry Herbert Horsey Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Henry Herbert Horsey
Office:Senator for Prince Edward, Ontario
Appointed:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Term Start:1928
Term End:1942
Birth Date:31 May 1871
Birth Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Party:Liberal
Relations:Edward Henry Horsey, brother
Committees:Chair, Special Committee on Sealing and Fisheries in Pacific Waters (1934)
Alma Mater:Queen's University

Henry Herbert Horsey (May 31, 1871  - January 6, 1942) was a Canadian athlete, businessman and Senator.

Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Henry Hodge Horsey and Amey Ann Rose,[1] Horsey attended Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario where he was noted as a scholar and athlete as a member of the school's championship rugby teams.[2] He went into business in Ottawa. In 1896, he married Florence Cook.[1]

A friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he was defeated in three attempts to win election to the House of Commons of Canada. He was a Laurier Liberal candidate in Prince Edward during the 1917 federal election and a Liberal candidate in 1921 and again in 1926, the last time in Prince Edward—Lennox.[3]

He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1928 by William Lyon Mackenzie King.[2]

In his professional life, Horsey was active in the insurance and brokerage business and toured East Asia for his company.[2] [4] He was also a director of Ottawa Light, Heat and Power Company and the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. Horsey died in Kingston at the age of 70.[1]

His brother Edward Henry served in the House of Commons.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. "Sen. H. Horsey, Noted Scholar, Athlete, Dies", Globe and Mail, January 7, 1942
  3. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=240f105c-3eb1-4268-a666-175f603bafd6&Language=E&MenuID=lists.senators.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2Flists%2Fsenators.aspx%3FLanguage%3DE%26Parliament%3D%26Name%3Dhorsey%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26Current%3DFalse%26PrimeMinister%3D%26TermEnd%3D%26Ministry%3D%26Picture%3DFalse Parliamentary biography
  4. "Senator H. Horsey Dies In Kingston", Toronto Daily Star, January 7, 1942