Background
Kendall was the son of Reverend Samuel Frederick Kendall of Bristol, England and Emily Long of London.
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The couple settled in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1857. During World War I, Kendall enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Stationary Hospital based at Bramshott Military Hospital in England from 1916 to 1919. In the 1921 federal election, Kendall was an unsuccessful candidate for the Progressive Party of Canada in Hampshire riding.
He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia at the age of 78, the oldest person to hold the office in the province"s history.
Kendall became a hockey great in his adopted home in Australia.
Membership
Kendall"s brother, Arthur Samuel Kendall, was also a physician and served as both an Modern Language Association in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and as a federal Member of Parliament.
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Political Party
Progressive Party