Arthur D. Ganong

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Arthur David Ganong (August 3, 1877 - February 24, 1963) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick into a chocolate making family and would serve as president of Ganong Bros. Limited from 1917 to 1957.

Arthur Ganong and company employee George Ensor developed a chocolate bar to take along on their fishing trips and in 1910 the company introduced the first 5-cent chocolate nut bar in North America.

In the 1930 Canadian federal election, Ganong was elected the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada member of parliament for the New Brunswick Southwest riding, serving until 1935.

A fan and enthusiastic participant in the sport of curling, Arthur Ganong helped build the town's first curling rink. In 1930 he donated a trophy to the winner of the provincial curling championship that bore his name for the next fifty years.

Arthur Ganong died in 1963 and was interred in the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery. Following its formation in 1979, he was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.