Background
Born in Sherbrooke, Canada East, the son of Edward Dagge Worthington (1820–1895), Worthington was educated at the Sherbrooke Academy, Bishop"s College and McGill University.
Born in Sherbrooke, Canada East, the son of Edward Dagge Worthington (1820–1895), Worthington was educated at the Sherbrooke Academy, Bishop"s College and McGill University.
McGill University.
He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel for South African Service and appointed Principal Medical Officer of the 5th and 6th District. From 1901 to 1902, he was mayor of Sherbrooke. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Sherbrooke in the 1904 federal election.
The election was declared void in 1905 and he was acclaimed in the resulting 1906 by-election.
A conservative, he was re-elected in the 1908 federal election. He was a governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec and President of the District of Saint Francis Medical Association. for Simcoe North.