Lorne B. Groom was an optometrist and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1952 to 1957 as a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

 member.

He was born in Bocabec

Bocabec, New Brunswick

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, Charlotte County, New Brunswick

Charlotte County, New Brunswick

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, the son of J. M. Groom. During World War II

World War II

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, he served overseas with the Canadian Army, Carleton and York Regiment, rising to the rank of lieutenant

Lieutenant

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. Groom lost both legs during the war. At home, he served as president of the St. Croix Branch of the Canadian Legion.

In 1946, Lorne Groom married Ruth Lucille Lindsay. They made their home in St. Stephen where he was a practising optometrist.

In the June 10, 1957 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1957

The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...

, Groom ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 candidate in the riding of New Brunswick Southwest

New Brunswick Southwest

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, he lost to incumbent Wesley Stuart

A. Wesley Stuart

Andrew Wesley Stuart was a Canadian commercial fisherman and politician from the Province of New Brunswick.Known by Wesley, he was born at Deer Island, New Brunswick, the son of Andrew Holmes Stuart and Laura Gertrude Thompson...

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Lorne Groom died in 1994 and is buried in the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery

St. Stephen Rural Cemetery

St. Stephen Rural Cemetery is a municipal cemetery established in April 1856 at the town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. The cemetery encompasses of land with approximately 12,000 burials. There are over 20 kilometres of avenues and paths.-History:...

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