Judson Burpee Black

Who was Judson Burpee Black?

Judson Burpee Black was a Canadian physician and politician.

Born in St. Martins, New Brunswick, the son of Thomas Henry Black and Mary E. Fownes, Black was educated at the Public Schools of St. Martin and St. John, New Brunswick, Mount Allison Academy, Mount Allison University and Dartmouth Medical College. A physician, he was mayor of Windsor, Nova Scotia from 1884 to 1885 and from 1901 to 1903. He was President of the Windsor Board of Trade in 1900 and 1901. He was President for Nova Scotia of the Canadian Medical Association in 1904–05.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Nova Scotia electoral district of Hants at the general elections of 1904. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911.