Charles Parker Bissett was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Richmond County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1904 to 1916 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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 member.

He was born in River Bourgeois, Richmond County, Nova Scotia

Richmond County, Nova Scotia

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, the son of George Henry Bissett and Virginia Boudreau. He was educated at the Pictou Academy

Pictou Academy

Pictou Academy , founded in 1816 by the late Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a liberal nonsectarian college, a grammar school, an academy and then a secondary school. Pictou Academy's current principal is James Ryan. The...

 and McGill University

McGill University

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. In 1896, he married Emma M. Cameron. Bissett was a member of the provincial Medical Board and served as physician to the Department of Marine and Indian Affairs. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1904 by-election held after Duncan Finlayson

Duncan Finlayson

Duncan Finlayson was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.Born in Grand River, Novsua Scotia, the son of Donald and Annabella Finlayson, Finlayson was educated at the Sydney Academy and Dalhousie University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in...

 was elected to the House of Commons. Bissett died in St. Peter's, Nova Scotia

St. Peter's, Nova Scotia

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at the age of 50.