Henry Ernest Kendall

For other people named Henry Kendall, see Henry Kendall (disambiguation).
Henry Ernest Kendall
19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office
November 17, 1942 – August 12, 1947
MonarchGeorge VI
Governors GeneralThe Earl of Athlone
The Viscount Alexander of Tunis
PremierA. S. MacMillan
Angus Lewis Macdonald
Preceded byFrederick Francis Mathers
Succeeded byJohn Alexander Douglas McCurdy
Personal details
Born(1864-04-29)April 29, 1864
Sydney, Nova Scotia
DiedSeptember 2, 1949(1949-09-02) (aged 85)
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political partyProgressive Party of Canada
Spouse(s)Ida B Burchell
Margaret McLennan
RelationsJohn Stewart McLennan (father-in-law)
Arthur Samuel Kendall (brother)
ChildrenHelen Kendall (with first wife Ida) Jim Kendall (son)
Occupationfarmer, physician
ProfessionPolitician

Henry Ernest Kendall, (April 29, 1864 – September 2, 1949), was a farmer, physician and politician who served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1942 to 1947.

Kendall was the son of Samuel Frederick Kendall of Bristol, England and Emily Long of London. The couple settled in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1857. Kendall, a member and pastor of the Plymouth Brethren, established the Union Church on Mitchell Island in 1866.[1]

Kendall was widowed in June, 1909 following the death of his wife, Ida B Burchell. Ida's parents were George Burchell and Louisa Lorway from Sydney, Nova Scotia. In 1913, he married Margaret McLennan, daughter of John Stewart McLennan, an industrialist who would be appointed to the Senate of Canada several years later.[1]

During World War I, Kendall enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Stationary Hospital based at Bramshott Military Hospital in England from 1916 to 1919.[1]

In the 1921 federal election, Kendall was an unsuccessful candidate for the Progressive Party of Canada in Hants riding.

He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia at the age of 78, the oldest person to hold the office in the province's history.

Kendall's brother, Arthur Samuel Kendall, was also a physician and served as both an MLA in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and as a federal Member of Parliament.[1]

His son, Jim Kendall (1889-1942), played hockey with the Montreal Wanderers 1906–1907, emigrating to Sydney, Australia (returned to Canada to serve during World War I) and later worked for BHP.[2]

Kendall became a hockey great in his adopted home in Australia.[2]

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

  1. ^ a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2009-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b "LEGENDS - Hockey - I". icelegendsaustralia.com.


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