Hance James Logan

The Hon. Hance James Logan
Senator for Cumberland, Nova Scotia
In office February 5, 1929 – December 26, 1944
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Cumberland
In office 1896–1911
Preceded by	Arthur Rupert Dickey
Succeeded by	Edgar Nelson Rhodes
In office 1921–1925
Preceded by	Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Succeeded by	Robert Knowlton Smith
Personal details
Born	(1869-04-26)April 26, 1869 Amherst Point, Nova Scotia
Died	December 26, 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 75) Ottawa, Ontario[1]
Political party	Liberal

Hance James Logan, KC (April 26, 1869 – December 26, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.^[2]

Born in Amherst Point, Nova Scotia,^[2] the son of James Archibald Logan, he was educated at the Model School of Truro, the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1891.^[3] He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1892 and practised law in Amherst. In 1909, he was named King's Counsel.^[1]

Logan was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Cumberland on June 23, 1896, by a majority of 155 votes, defeating Arthur Rupert Dickey, the Minister of Justice in the Charles Tupper Government. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904. He was defeated in 1911 and 1917. He was re-elected in 1921 and was defeated in 1925. In 1929, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Cumberland, Nova Scotia on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served until his death in 1944.^[2]

He was married twice: to Eleanor L. Kinder in 1891 and then to Anna Blanche MacKenna in 1921.^[1]

Electoral record

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	3,462
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	3,307

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	3,742
	Conservative	Charles H. Cahan	3,345

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	4,535
	Conservative	T. Sherman Rogers	3,829

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	6,655
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Hance James Logan	5,459

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	9,762
	Conservative	Charles Edward Bent	4,407
	Progressive	James Anderson MacKinnon	3,094

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Cumberland
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Knowlton Smith	8,492
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	6,291

References

1. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
2. Hance James Logan – Parliament of Canada biography
3. The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904