Henry Herbert Horsey

Henry Herbert Horsey (May 31, 1871 – January 6, 1942) was a Canadian athlete, businessman and Senator.[1]

Born in Kingston, Ontario,[1] the son of Henry Hodge Horsey and Amey Ann Rose,[2] Horsey attended Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario where he was noted as a scholar and athlete as a member of the school's championship rugby teams.[3][4] He went into business in Ottawa. In 1896, he married Florence Cook.[2]

A friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he was defeated in three attempts to win election to the House of Commons of Canada. He was a Laurier Liberal candidate in Prince Edward during the 1917 federal election and a Liberal candidate in 1921 and again in 1926, the last time in Prince Edward—Lennox.[1]

He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1928 by William Lyon Mackenzie King.[3]

In his professional life, Horsey was active in the insurance and brokerage business and toured East Asia for his company.[3][4] He was also a director of Ottawa Light, Heat and Power Company and the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. Horsey died in Kingston at the age of 70.[2]

His brother Edward Henry served in the House of Commons.[1]