Herbert Ladd Jones was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Weymouth, Nova Scotia

Weymouth, Nova Scotia

-History:The area was settled in the 1760s by New England Planters after the Acadian Expulsion. The town was formally founded by Loyalists in 1783 . Current day Weymouth was once called Weymouth Bridge, and Weymouth North was called Weymouth...

, the son of St. Clair Jones and Helen Ladd, Jones was educated at the schools in Weymouth and the Collegiate Institute in Fredericton, graduating in 1875. He then worked with his father for a time, and, in 1888, entered into partnership with his brothers, carrying on business as general merchants, lumbermen and ship owners. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for Digby

Digby (electoral district)

Digby was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was created as part of the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis and Yarmouth and...

 in the 1887 election

Canadian federal election, 1887

The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A...

 held following the death of John Campbell

John Campbell (Nova Scotia politician)

John Campbell was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby in the Canadian House of Commons in 1887 as a Conservative member....

. A Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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, he was defeated in 1891

Canadian federal election, 1891

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Jones later became an insurance agent. In 1891, he married Kate Dickson Black. He was president of the Weymouth Amateur Athletic Association, secretary for the Weymouth Agricultural Society and was one of the governors for King's College

University of King's College

The University of King's College is a post-secondary institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. King's is a small liberal arts university offering mainly undergraduate programs....

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Jones' great grandfather was Cereno Upham Jones

Cereno Upham Jones

Cereno Upham Jones was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1816 to 1818....

, who served in the Nova Scotia assembly and as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas.