12 Facts About Henry Emmerson

Henry Emmerson was educated at Amherst Academy, Mount Allison Academy, St Joseph's College, Acadia College and earned a law degree from Boston University.

Henry Emmerson went on to a lucrative law practice and was heavily involved in business.

Henry Emmerson was involved in woollen manufacturing, was a director of the Maritime Baptist Publishing Company Limited, president of the New Brunswick Petroleum Company Limited, the Acadia Coal and Coke Company, and the Sterling Coal Company, as well as a director of the Record Foundry and Machine Company.

Henry Emmerson attempted to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in 1887 but was unsuccessful.

The next year he was elected to the provincial legislature then after the win was contested by his opponent and a new election contest ordered in 1889, Emmerson won the seat.

Henry Emmerson re-entered the House of Assembly and in October 1892 was appointed to the Executive Council, serving as Chief Commissioner of Public Works in the Liberal government of Premier Andrew George Blair.

Henry Emmerson's government tried to promote tourism and wheat farming and the development of natural gas and petroleum in the province.

Henry Emmerson left provincial politics in 1900 to become a Liberal MP in the House of Commons of Canada.

The letter of resignation was invoked in 1907 after The Daily Gleaner newspaper reported that Henry Emmerson was thrown out of a Montreal hotel with "two women of ill repute".

Henry Emmerson filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against the Daily Gleaner for defamation and libel.

Henry Emmerson Emerson remained a member of parliament for another seven years until his death in 1914.

By-election: on Mr Henry Emmerson being appointed Minister of Railways and Canals:.