Percy Chapman Black, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPercy Chapman Black
Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Percy Chapman Black
- Percy Chapman Black (11 January 1878 – 16 September 1961) was a Canadian politician, businessman and farmer.
- Black served in both the Canadian House of Commons and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Black was the son of J.
- Hiram Black and Mary Elizabeth "Libbie" Smith and was educated at Amherst College and Mount Allison University.
- In 1917, he married Jean F.
- MacDonald.
- He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1940 as a Member of the coalition National Government to represent the riding of Cumberland.
- He was a member of a Special Committee on Reconstruction and Re-establishment during the 19th Canadian parliament.
- He was re-elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1945 and again in 1949.
- Prior to his federal political experience, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1925 as a Member of the Conservative Party of Nova Scotia to represent the electoral district of Cumberland County.
- He was appointed Nova Scotia's Minister of Highways.
- He died in Amherst at the age of 83.
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