Henri James Rutherford, Jr. 
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| Name | Henri James Rutherford, Jr. |
| Full name | Henri James Rutherford, Jr. |
| Sex |  Male
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| Born | March 7th, 1869,  Sherbrooke, Quebec
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| Deceased | September 17th, 1941,  Kinley
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| Spouse | Elizabeth Smith |
| Home |  Kinley,  Noble City.
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| Functions | Governor of Seven, politician, farmer, teacher |
| Languages | English, French |
| Religious stance |
Catholic |
Henri James Rutherford, Jr. (March 7, 1869 - September 17, 1941) was a Canadian-Lovian politician and third governor of Seven, and the first not to be a member of the ruling Flintist faction.
Life[]
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec to a middle-class family of mixed Shetlandic and French origin, Rutherford was given a good education, and eventually qualified as a teacher. He also qualified as a surveyor in 1860. He became highly interested in politics through his extended family, which often met to discuss and debate political issues of the day. Stout was exposed to a number of different political philosophies during his youth. In 1888, Stout emigrated to New York. Once there, Stout quickly became involved in political debate, which he greatly enjoyed. After failing to find employment as a surveyor, Stout returned to education, holding a number of senior teaching positions at the high school level. After residing in New York for twelve years, he met William Jefferson, who had returned to his hometown to attempt to persuade people to emigrate to Lovia. He told Rutherford that Lovia was in need of teachers and he would be well-paid. Rutherford spent his life savings on the trip, but was unhappy with the dominance of the king over politics, and was in general dissatisfied with Lovia. In 1907, he was invited to start a school in the new settlement of Kinley, which he accepted.
Once there he once again attempted to become involved in politics, but was unable to due to the monopoly of the Flintist Party. He was one of the main figures to call for the unification of the opposition, and largely reponsible for eventually organising their diverse interests into the Unionist Party.
Rutherford had never intended to stand for election as government, preferring instead Samuel Sawyer who he described as 'better-qualified'. He wished to remain in his role as propagandist and speaker for the party. Nevertheless, when the 1915 elections came round, Sawyer was seriously ill and Rutherford was asked to stand in his place. For the two terms he served he was a popular though non-ideological governor, and the people of Seven were at first reluctant to let him stand down in 1919 to make way for Sawyer.
Rutherford spent most of the rest of his life on his farm as a farmer.