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Jul 06, 1882 Died on 01 Jan 1964 (aged 81)
Canadian politician
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About John Edwin Chisholm
- John Edwin Chisholm (July 6, 1882 – 1964) was a lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Moose Jaw County from 1916 to 1917 as a Conservative. He was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of John Chisholm and Christina Isabella Graham, both of Scottish descent.
- He was educated in Dartmouth, at the Halifax County Academy and at Dalhousie University, receiving a LL.B.
- in 1906.
- Later that year, he travelled west to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where he set up practice.
- Chisholm also owned and operated a large farm.
- In 1915, he married Edith Simington.
- Chisholm was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1916 by-election held after John Albert Sheppard resigned his seat.
- He was defeated by Charles Avery Dunning when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1917.
