William Chisholm was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Heatherton

Heatherton, Nova Scotia

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, Antigonish County

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, Nova Scotia

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, Chisholm was educated at the Common School of Heatherton and graduated in Arts from the St. Francis Xavier College, Antigonish. He read law in the office of Colin F. Mclsaac, who was a member of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Commission. A lawyer, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of Antigonish

Antigonish (electoral district)

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 in a 1905 by-election. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1908

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 and 1911

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.

He resigned in 1916 and was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 for the electoral district of Antigonish County. A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was a Minister Without Portfolio from 1918 to 1925 in the cabinet of George Henry Murray

George Henry Murray

George Henry Murray was a Nova Scotia politician who served as the province's ninth Premier for twenty-seven years, the longest unbroken tenure for a head of government in Canadian history. He was born in Grand Narrows, Nova ScotiaDespite his later political longevity, Murray's early political...

 and Minister of Highways from 1923 to 1925 and Minister of Public Works and Mines in 1925 in the cabinet of Ernest Howard Armstrong

Ernest Howard Armstrong

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. From 1925 to 1930, he was the Leader of the Opposition

Leader of the Opposition (Nova Scotia)

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. He served in the House of Assembly until 1933.