Horace Haszard was a wholesale merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

, Canada. He represented West Queen's

West Queen's

West Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Queen's County riding....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in 1904 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member.

He was born in Charlottetown

Charlottetown

Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...

, Prince Edward Island, the son of Henry Haszard and Hannah Catherine Cameron. He was educated there and worked for a time as a clerk for a wholesale dry goods firm in Montreal

Montreal

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. Haszard returned to Charlottetown in 1873, where he entered business as a broker, insurance agent and manufacturer's representative. Haszard served on the city council for Charlottetown from 1885 to 1886 and from 1894 to 1895.