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Lewis Herbert Martell

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Lewis Herbert Martell
Member of Parliament
for Hants
In office
December 1921 – September 1925
Personal details
Born
Lewis Herbert Martell

(1885-03-26)26 March 1885
Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia
Died24 August 1962(1962-08-24) (aged 77)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Ethel May MacDonald
(m. 4 Sep 1915)
Professionlawyer

Lewis Herbert Martell (26 March 1885 – 24 August 1962) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia and became a lawyer.

The son of John Thomas Martell and Rachel A. Lewis, he was educated at the Sydney Academy, King's College and Dalhousie Law School. Martell practised law in Windsor, Nova Scotia. In 1916, he married Ethel Mary Macdonald.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Hants riding in the 1921 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in the 1917 election as a Laurier Liberal. After completing his only term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, Martell left federal politics and did not seek re-election in the 1925 vote. He died of a stroke in Halifax on 24 August 1962.[2]

Electoral record

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1917 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist) Hadley Brown Tremain 2,989
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Lewis Herbert Martell 2,696
1921 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lewis Herbert Martell 4,027
Conservative Albert Parsons 3,795
Progressive Henry Ernest Kendall 993

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. ^ "Registration of Death: Martell, Lewis Herbert". 24 August 1962. Retrieved 22 May 2022 – via Nova Scotia Archives.
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