About Norman Phinney
Lived 1850 – 1919 (aged 68–69). Norman Phinney was a Canadian politician.
Norman H. Phinney (August 7, 1860 – December 11, 1919 ) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1916 as a Liberal member.
Career He was born in Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, the son of Elijah Phinney. He established a company there which sold pianos, organs, phonographs and sewing machines, among other things.
Family In 1874, he married Jesse Wheelock. Phinney married Emma M. Bishop (née Fitzrandolph) in 1901 after the death of his first wife.
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Canadian politician
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Norman Phinney was born on 7 August 1850.
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Norman Phinney died in 1919.
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