About Merrill D. Rawding
Lived 1905 – 2004 (aged 99). Merrill D. Rawding was a Canadian politician.
Merrill Denzil Rawding (May 8, 1905 – June 13, 2004) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Born in 1905 at East Jordan, Nova Scotia, Rawding was the son of Thomas Melbourne and Sara Jane Whitman (Cameron) Rawding. He married Elizabeth Spurr. In July 1947, Rawding was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Highways and Public Works. Rawding was defeated by Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones when he ran for re-election in 1953. Rawding ran again in the 1956 election, but Jones was re-elected by 93 votes. Rawding died on June 13, 2004.
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Canadian politician
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Merrill D. Rawding was born on 8 May 1905 in East Jordan.
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Merrill D. Rawding died on 13 June 2004.
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Merrill D. Rawding was Canadian.
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