Nationality British subject Name Percy Black Succeeded by Azel Randolph Lusby | Occupation businessman, farmer Role Canadian Politician | |
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Preceded by Kenneth Judson Cochrane Born 11 January 1878
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada ( 1878-01-11 ) Website Percy Chapman Black – Parliament of Canada biography Died September 16, 1961, Amherst, Canada Political party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | ||
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 Canadian House of Commons in 1940 as a Member of the coalition National Government to represent the riding of Cumberland. He was a member of the 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.