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]