Jacob Dockstader Buell (October 4, 1827 – January 1, 1894) was a lawyer and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1878 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of

William Buell William Buell (October 5, 1751 – August 8, 1832) was an American-born jurist, miller and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Hebron, Connecticut in 1751, to Timothy Buell and Mercy Peters. He was descended from William Buell (160 ...

, and was educated there. He was called to the bar in 1854 and practised law in Brockville. His first wife was Susan Chaffey; after her death in 1857, he married Margaret Sophia Senkler in 1861. Buell was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the local militia, and raised the Brockville Infantry Company in 1862 after the

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. He served as mayor for Brockville for seven years. In 1871, Buell ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial legislature.''A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time ...'', GM Rose (1886)
/ref> He was defeated by William Fitzsimmons in a bid for reelection to the federal seat in 1878.

Electoral record

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1827 births 1894 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Mayors of Brockville {{Ontario-mayor-stub