John A. Howard Buntain

BUNTAIN, JOHN HOWARD, teacher, farmer, stock raiser, fox breeder, and telephone company manager; b. 14 November 1866 in Rustico, son of John Buntain and Amelia MacNeill; m. 15 June 1904 Alberta E. Coles, and they had four children, Victor Charles, Helen Amelia, John Howard, and Doris Constance; Presbyterian; d. 1952. Buntain, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1912 for 2nd Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1923. He was defeated in the general elections of 1915 and 1927. Buntain attended the public schools in the Rustico area, later attending Prince of Wales College. Throughout his life, he lived in the Rustico-Wheatley River area. In 1891, at age 25, he was living with his parents and in 1901 was still residing with his father. Early in his adult life, certainly in 1891, Buntain taught school. By 1901, he was operating a farm. He served as president of Oyster Bed Bridge Black Fox Limited as well as manager of Rustico Rural Telephone Company Ltd. John Buntain died in 1952. Buntain's father was born in Scotland, where his ancestors took an active part in political affairs. Alberta Buntain, the daughter of Charles Coles of Milton, was born in 1880 and died 22 July 1945.