Henry Hanford Dakin was born near Digby , Nova Scotia and became a seaman . He was called Captain Dakin and described as a Master Mariner . He is said to have been injured in the Halifax Explosion in 1917 and subsequently moved to Alberta . There he was postmaster in the small locality of Dakin ( possibly named after him ) 1925 – 1930 , resigning on the day after he was nominated as a political candidate . Mrs Angeline Dakin took over the postmastership but was dismissed in January 1932 for political partisanship ; she resumed the post in 1936 ( after Henry left the Legislative Assembly ) and served until 1948
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Henry H. Dakin