James Carter Tessier (1842 – 1900) was an

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-born merchant and politician in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1893 to 1894 and from 1897 to 1900 as a

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. The son of Peter G. Tessier and Jane Carter, who was the daughter of Robert Carter, he was born in

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and came to Newfoundland in 1853. He worked in the family fishery supply business before establishing a fish exporting business in partnership with

Robert Thorburn Sir Robert Thorburn (March 28, 1836 – April 12, 1906) was a British-born Newfoundland merchant and politician who served as the colony's Premier from 1885 to 1889. Life Born in Scotland, Thorburn emigrated to Newfoundland in 1852 whe ...

. The business was forced to close following the 1894 Bank Crash. Tessier was unseated in 1894 after his election was appealed but was reelected in 1897. He was married twice: first to Ann Jackman Langmead and then to Julia Ann Trotman.

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