Hance James Logan

Hance James Logan, KC (April 26, 1869 December 26, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.[2]

The Hon.
Hance James Logan
Senator for Cumberland, Nova Scotia
In office
February 5, 1929  December 26, 1944
Appointed byWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Cumberland
In office
1896–1911
Preceded byArthur Rupert Dickey
Succeeded byEdgar Nelson Rhodes
In office
1921–1925
Preceded byEdgar Nelson Rhodes
Succeeded byRobert Knowlton Smith
Personal details
Born(1869-04-26)April 26, 1869
Amherst Point, Nova Scotia
DiedDecember 26, 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 75)
Ottawa, Ontario[1]
Political partyLiberal

Born in Amherst Point, Nova Scotia,[2] the son of James Archibald Logan, he was educated at the Model School of Truro, the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1891.[3] He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1892 and practised law in Amherst. In 1909, he was named King's Counsel.[1]

Logan was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Cumberland on June 23, 1896, by a majority of 155 votes, defeating Arthur Rupert Dickey, the Minister of Justice in the Charles Tupper Government. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904. He was defeated in 1911 and 1917. He was re-elected in 1921 and was defeated in 1925. In 1929, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Cumberland, Nova Scotia on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served until his death in 1944.[2]

He was married twice: to Eleanor L. Kinder in 1891 and then to Anna Blanche MacKenna in 1921.[1]

Electoral record

1896 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance James Logan3,462
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey3,307
1900 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance James Logan3,742
ConservativeCharles H. Cahan3,345
1904 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance James Logan4,535
ConservativeT. Sherman Rogers3,829
1917 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)Edgar Nelson Rhodes6,655
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Hance James Logan5,459
1921 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance James Logan9,762
ConservativeCharles Edward Bent4,407
ProgressiveJames Anderson MacKinnon3,094
1925 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Knowlton Smith8,492
LiberalHance James Logan6,291

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