Henry Read Emmerson

Henry Read Emmerson was a Canadian business executive, salesman, and politician.
Born in Dorchester, New Brunswick, the son of Henry [Robert Emmerson] and Emily Charlotte Record, he was defeated twice when he ran for the House of [Commons of Canada] as the Liberal candidate in the 1926 [Canadian federal election|1926] and 1930 federal elections for the riding of Westmorland. He was elected in the 1935 election and re-elected twice in 1940 and 1945. In 1949, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Dorchester, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1954.