- Arthur D. Ganong
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name = Arthur D. Ganong
imagesize = 250px
caption = Sons ofJames H. Ganong , 1895; Walter and Edwin (standing), William and Arthur (seated)
birth_date = birth date|1877|8|3
birth_place =St. Stephen, New Brunswick Canada flagicon|Canada
death_date = November, 1960 (aged 83)
death_place =Saint John, New Brunswick Canada flagicon|Canada
resting_place =St. Stephen Rural Cemetery
residence = St. Stephen, New Brunswick
education =
occupation = Businessman, politician
party = Progressive Conservative
boards = New Brunswick Telephone Co. Ltd., Canadian Manufacturer's Association
President, Maritime Board of Trade
Senate of theUniversity of New Brunswick
President, New Brunswick and Canada Railway Co.
spouse = Berla Frances Whidden
children = Carmen, Whidden, Philip D., Joan
parents = James Harvey Ganong &
Susan E. Brittain
religion =Baptist Arthur Deinstadt Ganong (
August 3 ,1877 - November, 1960) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was born inSt. Stephen, New Brunswick into achocolate making family and would serve as president of Ganong Bros. Limited from 1917 to 1957.He was the sixth of the seven children of James Harvey Ganong and Susan E. Brittan. His father and his uncle, Gilbert, founded the chocolate-making company in 1873. Among his siblings are educator Susie, businessman Edwin, botanist William, and Kit Ganong Whidden.
On
8 June 1904 , Arthur Ganong married Berla Frances Whidden (1878-1958) ofGrand Manan, New Brunswick . The couple had four children.Ganong worked all his life in the family business and took over as its head from his Uncle Gilbert who died without issue. Arthur Ganong and company employee George Ensor developed a
chocolate bar to take along on theirfishing trips and in 1910 the company introduced the first 5-cent chocolate nut bar inNorth America .Political life
In the 1930 Canadian federal election, Ganong was elected the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada member of parliament for the Charlotte riding, serving until 1935.Curling
A fan and enthusiastic participant in the sport of
curling , Arthur Ganong helped build the town's first curling rink. In 1930 he donated a trophy to the winner of the provincial curling championship that bore his name for the next fifty years.Arthur Ganong died in 1960 and was interred in the
St. Stephen Rural Cemetery . Following its formation in 1979, he was posthumously inducted into theCanadian Business Hall of Fame .External links
* [http://www.nbcurling.nb.ca/newnbca/records/ganong.asp The Ganong Cup - New Brunswick Curling Association]
* [http://www.ganong.com/about_us/4generations.html Ganong Bros. Limited corporate history]
* Folster, David. "The Chocolate Ganongs of St. Stephen, New Brunswick" (1991)Goose Lane Editions ISBN 0864921152
* Craigs, Melodie. "Ganong, The Candy Family" (1984) Literacy Council of Fredericton ISBN 0920333168
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