Ephraim Bell Muttart
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Ephraim Bell Muttart | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for King's County | |
| In office 1878–1882 Serving with Augustine Macdonald | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Davies Peter A. McIntyre |
| Succeeded by | Peter A. McIntyre James Edwin Robertson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1839 Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, British North America |
| Died | June 26, 1912 (aged 73) Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Profession | physician |
Ephraim Bell Muttart (March 7, 1839 – June 26, 1912) was a physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He represented King's County in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1882 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, the son of John Muttart, of German origin, and Elizabeth Bell, a Scottish immigrant. Muttart was educated in P.E.I., in Sackville, New Brunswick and at Harvard University, receiving his M.D. there in 1861. Muttart set up practice in Souris. In 1863, he married a Miss McDonald. Muttart also was coroner and was medical referee for the Standard and Canada Life Assurance companies. He was unsuccessful in bids for reelection in 1882 and 1887. He died in Souris, Prince Edward Island in 1912.[1][2]
| 1887 Canadian federal election: King's County | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | J.E. Robertson | 2,434 | – | X | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Adolphus McIntyre | 2,431 | – | X | ||||
| Conservative | Augustine Colin Macdonald | 2,398 | – | |||||
| Conservative | Ephraim Bell Muttart | 2,355 | – | |||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: King's County | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Augustine Colin Macdonald | 2,264 | – | X | ||||
| Conservative | Ephraim Bell Muttart | 2,077 | – | X | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Adolphus McIntyre | 1,499 | – | |||||
| Unknown | Malcolm McFadyen | 1,251 | – | |||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: King's County | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Adolphus McIntyre | 2,124 | – | X | ||||
| Liberal | James Edwin Robertson | 2,002 | – | X | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Augustine Colin Macdonald | 1,941 | – | |||||
| Conservative | Ephraim Bell Muttart | 1,854 | – | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ Thayer, William Roscoe; Castle, William Richards; Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe; Pier, Arthur Stanwood; Voto, Bernard Augustine De; Morrison, Theodore (1925). The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association.
- ^ http://www.islandlives.ca/fedora/repository/ilives%3A209293/PDF/ilives%3A209293/Full%20Text.pdf [bare URL PDF]