Leverett de Veber Chipman (October 20, 1831 – January 8, 1914) was a 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...

 businessman and political figure. He represented Kings

Kings (electoral district)

Kings was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.It was created in the British North America Act of 1867. The riding was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Hants—Kings riding...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member from 1870 to 1874.

He was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia in 1831, the son of William Henry Chipman

William Henry Chipman

William Henry Chipman was a Canadian politician and a member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Kings in Nova Scotia....

 and Sophia Araminta Cogswell. Chipman was educated at the Horton Academy and Acadia College

Acadia University

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. He entered business as a hardware merchant in Cornwallis. In 1853, he married Nancy Leonard Moore. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1870 after the death of his father, who had been elected in Kings in 1867. Chipman served as a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. He was an agent for the Bank of Nova Scotia in Kentville

Kentville, Nova Scotia

Kentville is a town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is one of the main towns in the Annapolis Valley, and it is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2006, the town of Kentville had a population of 5,815 people....

. He was also auditor for the town of Kentville and clerk for Kings County

Kings County, Nova Scotia

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. He died in Kentville in 1914.