John Lemuel Bethune (March 9, 1850 – September 27, 1913) was a Canadian physician and politician in the province of Nova Scotia.

John Lemuel Bethune
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Victoria
In office
1896–1900
Preceded byJohn Archibald McDonald
Succeeded byWilliam Ross
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Victoria County
In office
1886–1896
Personal details
Born(1850-03-09)March 9, 1850
Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia
DiedSeptember 27, 1913(1913-09-27) (aged 63)
Political partyConservative

Born in Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia, the son of Roderick and Mary B. Bethune, Bethune received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Dalhousie College in 1875. From 1886 to 1896, he was the Nova Scotia Conservative member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria County. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Victoria in the 1896 federal election. A Conservative, he did not run in 1900. In 1881, he was a captain and paymaster for the 94th Battalion, Argyle Highlanders Volunteer Militia. In 1893, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.

1896 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative John Lemuel Bethune 1,049
Liberal S.C. Campbell 877

References

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  • John Lemuel Bethune – Parliament of Canada biography
  • Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs. p. 80.