Arthur Samuel Kendall was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia

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, Canada. He represented Cape Breton

Cape Breton (electoral district)

Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney, Nova Scotia

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, the son of the Reverend S.F. Kendall. Kendall was educated at Mount Allison College

Mount Allison University

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, Halifax Medical College, Bellevue Hospital

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 Medical School in New York City

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 and Guy's Hospital

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 Medical School in London

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. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons

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 in 1884 and was Medical Health Officer for Cape Breton. Kendall served as a town councillor for Sydney in 1888. Kendall ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1896. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 from 1897 to 1900 and from 1904 to 1911.

A social reformer, he was concerned about poverty and the impact of industrialization on Cape Breton Island. He supported improving workers' living conditions, old-age pensions, a shorter work week and a workmen's compensation act. He was nicknamed the "miner's friend" because of his support for coal mine workers.

His brother, Henry Ernest Kendall

Henry Ernest Kendall

Henry Ernest Kendall, , was a farmer, physician and politician who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1942 to 1947....

, served as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in the 1940s.