B. H. Dougan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

B. H. Dougan

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1867

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1940

Profession: physician, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About B. H. Dougan

  • Dr.
  • Benjamin Hayes Dougan (June 22, 1867 - January 1, 1940) was a Canadian physician and politician in the Province of New Brunswick.
  • Known by his middle name, in the 1901 Canadian census, he is listed as Hazen Dugan.
  • At census time, he was at his future in-laws home in Gagetown, New Brunswick.
  • In 1906, he married Blanch M.
  • Slipp (1878–1959). Dougan became a medical doctor and he and his wife made their home in Harvey Station, New Brunswick.
  • In 1924, he gained wide recognition as the Province's coroner who conducted the inquiry into the sensational shooting deaths of two young female siblings in Fosterville, New Brunswick.
  • Capitalizing on his celebrity following the January 1925 trial and conviction of Darius H.
  • Thornton for the double murders, in the August provincial election Dougan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Conservative Party candidate in the multiple-member riding of New Brunswick.
  • He was reelected in 1930 and served until June 27, 1939. Benjamin Hayes Dougan died in 1940.
  • He and his wife are buried in the Fredericton Rural Cemetery.

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