Education
Born in 1891 at Eel Brook, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Pothier was educated at Saint Anne"s College and Dalhousie Medical School.
Born in 1891 at Eel Brook, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Pothier was educated at Saint Anne"s College and Dalhousie Medical School.
He represented Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member. A fourth year medical student at the time of the Halifax Explosion, Pothier was called into service to help treat the survivors. Pothier continued his medical studies at Saint Vincent"s Hospital in New York City and returned to Nova Scotia, setting up practice in Weymouth.
After retiring from politics, he returned to practice in Beaver River.
Pothier died on January 7, 1977. A bursary is offered in his name by the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine to assist a needy student interested in practising in a rural community.