Henry David Ford

FORD, DAVID HENRY. dairy worker, butcher, livestock merchant, and farmer; b. 7 September 1920 in Ebenezer, son of Mayus Robert Ford and Matilda Hickox; m. 20January 1943 Vaunda Jean Saunders, and they had two children, Milton David and Gloria Ann; United. Ford, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1974 for 2nd Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1978. He was defeated in a by-election held 4 December 1972 and in the general election of 1979. Ford chaired the Municipal Affairs and Housing Committee and was a member of the committees dealing with agriculture and industry, transportation, resources, fisheries, and tourism. He was also a member of the Special Committee on Regulations and chaired the Farm Development and New Farmer Program Advisory and Appeals Board. Ford received his education at the school in Ebenezer, and in 1940 he volunteered for the armed forces and was declared Category E (medically unfit). Early in his life. Ford moved to Needham, Massachusetts, where he worked for Walker Gordon Dairy. Later, upon his return to the province, he worked buying and selling livestock and had a retail meat business in the old City Market. He purchased livestock both independently and at Canada Packers from 1951 to 1968. In the 1970s, he was a buyer for the NS Abattoir. Ford served as a livestock judge and committee member for the Easter Beef Show and Sale. In the 1980s he was appointed to the Hospital Health Services Commission. David and Vaunda Ford reside in Warren Grove.