Background
He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a salesman by career.
He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a salesman by career.
Whitman was educated in the public and secondary schools of Lawrencetown, then attended the University of Alberta where he received a Bachelor of Science degree.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Mount Royal riding in the 1940 general election then re-elected there in 1945.