death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor religion children party office birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end occupation
yarmouth , nova scotia 09 august 1912 joseph robbins kinney chegoggin , nova scotia william law baptist jennie , mary , ethel conservative mla for yarmouth county 11 april 1842 1882 yarmouth , nova scotia jane aldean baxter thomas corning
 1886 lawyer
thomas corning

thomas edgar corning -lrb- april 11 , 1842 -- august 9 , 1912 -rrb- was a lawyer and political figure in nova scotia , canada .
he represented yarmouth county in the nova scotia house of assembly as a conservative member from 1882 to 1886 .
he was born in chegoggin , yarmouth county , nova scotia , the son of nelson corning and sarah murphy , and was educated at acadia college .
he was called to the bar in 1869 .
in 1880 , corning married jane alden baxter .
he was named a queen 's counsel in 1890 .
he served as treasurer and solicitor for yarmouth from 1874 to 1890 .
from 1890 until 1912 , he was recorder for the town of yarmouth .
corning ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the house of commons in 1900 , 1902 and 1904 .
he died in yarmouth at the age of 70 .
