Facts:   - profession: contractor , lumberman , shipbuilder    - imagesize: 150px    - death place: truro , nova scotia    - successor: percy chapman black    - party: liberal    - death date: 25 january 1982    - spouse: gwendolyn elizabeth kerr    - riding: cumberland    - predecessor: robert knowlton smith      - term end: june 1949    - birth date: 4 august 1896    - term start: october 1941    - name: kenneth judson cochrane    - birth place: fox river , nova scotia   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kenneth judson cochrane .
kenneth judson cochrane -lrb- 4 august 1896 -- 25 january 1982 -rrb- was a shipbuilder , lumber merchant and political figure in nova scotia , canada .he represented cumberland in the canadian house of commons from 1935 to 1940 as a liberal member and represented cumberland in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1941 to 1949 as a liberal .he was born in fox river , nova scotia , the son of george melville cochrane and sarah soley .he was educated at the ontario business college in belleville .he worked for the canadian bank of commerce and as an engineer for the nova scotia department of highways .in 1917 , he married gwendolyn e. kerr .cochrane also served as a member of the municipal council for port greville in 1918 .he was defeated by percy chapman black when he ran for reelection to the federal seat in 1940 .cochrane served as a lieutenant in the reserves from 1943 to 1944 .he died at a truro , nova scotia hospital in 1982 .