Francis Joseph Rudolf (May 10, 1761 – April 16, 1823) was a judge and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1811 to 1820. He was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of Leonard Christopher Rudolf. In 1803, he married Mary Elizabeth Zwicker. Rudolf served as a

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

and was custos rotulorum from 1819 to 1823. He was named a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in 1808. He died in Lunenburg at the age of 61 and is buried in the crypt of

St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg) St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (1753). It is the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and is the second oldest continuous Protestant church in present-day Canada. Early on ...

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* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1761 births 1823 deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs Colony of Nova Scotia judges People from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub