Robert Baden Powell (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Westport, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Robert Baden Powell (politician)
- Robert Baden Powell (May 24, 1901 – September 2, 1976) was a Canadian politician.
- He represented the electoral district of Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1970.
- He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.Born in 1901 at Westport, Nova Scotia, Powell was a graduate of the Nova Scotia Teachers College.
- He was an industrial arts teacher by career.
- He married Rae Effie Hankinson in 1933.
- Powell entered provincial politics in the 1963 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Victor Cardoza by 293 votes in the Digby riding.
- He was re-elected by 129 votes in the 1967 election.
- He did not reoffer in the 1970 election.
- Powell died at Plympton, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1976.
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