About John Chipman Wade
Lived 1817 – 1892 (aged 74–75). John Chipman Wade was a Canadian politician and lawyer.
John Chipman Wade (1817 – July 9, 1892) was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served in both the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and the House of Commons of Canada.
The son of John Wade and Harriet Chipman, Wade was born in Granville, Nova Scotia and educated at Annapolis Royal. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1840. Wade was elected as a Member of the historical Conservative Party in 1878 to the House of Commons in the riding of Digby in a by-election and re-elected in 1878. He was defeated in the election of 1882.
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Who was John Chipman Wade?
Canadian politician
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John Chipman Wade was born in 1817 in Granville Centre.
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John Chipman Wade died on 1 January 1892.
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John Chipman Wade was a politician and lawyer.
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John Chipman Wade was Canadian.
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