Robert Henry Carson was a life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada. He represented Kamloops

Kamloops (provincial electoral district)

Kamloops was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1903 to 2009. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kamloops, which encompassed a much larger area.For other ridings named Kamloops...

 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1933 to 1949 as a Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

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 then Liberal-Conservative Coalition

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 member.

He was born on Pavilion Farm, British Columbia, the son of Robert Carson and Eliza Jane Magee, and was educated in New Westminster

New Westminster, British Columbia

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. In 1912, Carson married Constance Mildred Robson. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the British Columbia assembly in 1928. Carson served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1948 to 1949. He was president of the Richmond Point Grey Board of Trade.

Carson died in Kamloops

Kamloops, British Columbia

Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly...

 at the age of 85.

His brother Ernest Crawford

Ernest Crawford Carson

Ernest Crawford Carson was a rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 and from 1941 to 1953 as a Conservative....

also served in the provincial assembly.