Background
He was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of John Chisholm and Christina Isabella Graham, both of Scottish descent.
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John Chisholm
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He represented Moose Jaw County from 1916 to 1917 as a Conservative. He was educated in Dartmouth, at the Halifax County Academy and at Dalhousie University, receiving a Bachelor of Laws in 1906. Later that year, he travelled west to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where he set up practice.
Chisholm also owned and operated a large farm.
Chisholm was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1916 by-election held after John Albert Sheppard resigned his seat. He was defeated by Charles Avery Dunning when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1917.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative