Edward J. Canfield

"Ned" Canfield (born November 6, 1955) is a former Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives for Tuscola and Huron counties.

[1] Canfield was born in Howell in November 1955 and raised on his family's farm in Fowlerville.

[2] Canfield graduated from high school in 1973 and enlisted in the United States Navy two years later.

After five years as a hospital corpsman, Canfield was honorably discharged.

He earned a degree in biological sciences from what was then Lake Superior State College (now-University) in 1983 and graduated from Michigan State University with a doctorate in osteopathic medicine in 1988.