Alonzo Bowen Hyndman was a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 and National Government member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in South Mountain, Ontario and became a physician by career.

He attended high school in Kemptville, Ontario

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, then Smiths Falls

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 Collegiate. He studied at McGill University

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 in Montreal where he attained his medical degree (MDCM) in 1915, then established a medical practice at Carp

Carp, Ontario

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Hyndman was first elected to Parliament at Ontario's Carleton

Carleton (Ontario electoral district)

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 riding in the 1935 general election

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 and re-elected there under the National Government party banner in 1940

Canadian federal election, 1940

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. Hyndman died suddenly on 9 April 1940, two weeks after the general election, before he was due to be sworn in for the 19th Canadian Parliament

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