Dakin, Henry

  • Wiki Biography:
    • Henry H. Dakin (28 March 1870 – 1 April 1956) was a provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.
    • Henry Hanford Dakin was born near Digby, Nova Scotia and became a seaman. He was called Captain Dakin and described as a Master Mariner. He is said to have been injured in the Halifax Explosion in 1917 and subsequently moved to Alberta. There he was postmaster in the small locality of Dakin (possibly named after him) from 1925–1930, resigning on the day after he was nominated as a political candidate. Angeline Dakin took over the postmastership but was dismissed in January 1932 for political partisanship; she resumed the post in 1936, after Henry left the Legislative Assembly, and served until 1948.
    • Dakin ran for the nomination of the provincial Liberals to run as the liberal candidate in the 1930 Alberta general election. He was acclaimed at a nomination meeting on May 26, 1930 held in Spedden, Alberta.
  • Second Great Granddaughter of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2026
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115742888/henry-hanford-dakin