Henry Read Emmerson (November 7, 1883 – June 21, 1954) was a Canadian business executive, salesman, and politician.

The Hon.
Henry Read Emmerson
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Westmorland
In office
October 14, 1935 – June 24, 1949
Preceded byOtto Baird Price
Succeeded byEdmund William George
Senator for Dorchester, New Brunswick
In office
June 25, 1949 – June 21, 1954
Appointed byLouis St. Laurent
Personal details
Born(1883-11-07)November 7, 1883
Dorchester, New Brunswick
DiedJune 21, 1954(1954-06-21) (aged 70)
Political partyLiberal

Born in Dorchester, New Brunswick, the son of Henry Robert Emmerson and Emily Charlotte Record, he was defeated twice when he ran for the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal candidate in the 1926 and 1930 federal elections for the riding of Westmorland. He was elected in the 1935 election and re-elected twice in 1940 and 1945. In 1949, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Dorchester, New Brunswick. He died in office in 1954.

Electoral record

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1926 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 10,737 51.3 -9.0
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 10,204 48.7 +9.0
1930 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 13,304 55.1 +3.8
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 10,836 44.9 -3.8
Source: lop.parl.ca
1935 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 16,307 62.8 +17.9
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 6,342 24.4 -30.7
Reconstruction Charles Younger-Lewis 3,312 12.8 *
1940 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 16,431 61.6 -1.2
  National Government William Emmet McMonagle 10,259 38.4 +14.0
1945 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 17,251 53.0 -8.6
  Progressive Conservative William Alfred Walker 11,612 35.7 -2.7
  Co-operative Commonwealth Claude Pearson Milton 3,707 11.4 *
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