Ephraim Bell Muttart was a physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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, Canada. He represented King's County

King's County (electoral district)

King's County was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1873 to 1896.This riding was created in 1873 when Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1878 to 1882 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, the son of John Muttart, of German

Germany

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 origin, and Elizabeth Bell, a Scottish

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 immigrant. Muttart was educated in P.E.I., in Sackville, New Brunswick

Sackville, New Brunswick

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 and at Harvard University

Harvard University

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, receiving his M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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 there in 1861. Muttart set up practice in Souris

Souris, Prince Edward Island

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. In 1863, he married a Miss McDonald. Muttart also was coroner and was medical referee for the Standard and Canada Life Assurance companies. He was unsuccessful in bids for reelection in 1882 and 1887.