About Martin J. Kaufman
Lived 1883 – 1961 (aged 77–78). Martin J. Kaufman was a Canadian politician.
Martin James Kaufman (1883 – May 30, 1961) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral districts of Cumberland and Cumberland East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Born in 1883 at Montreal, Kaufman moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1922. In 1923, he established the Maritime Pant Company. In the 1949 election, Kaufman was re-elected in the new Cumberland East riding. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative James A. Langille when he ran for re-election in 1953. Kaufman returned to municipal politics and served another term as mayor of Amherst, from 1953 to 1956. Kaufman died in Amherst on May 30, 1961.
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Canadian politician
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Martin J. Kaufman was born in 1883 in Montreal.
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Martin J. Kaufman died on 30 May 1961 in Amherst.
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Martin J. Kaufman was a politician.
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Martin J. Kaufman was Canadian.
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