John Richard Partelow (April 20, 1795 – January 13, 1865) was a merchant and political figure in

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. He represented Saint John County in the

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from 1827 to 1850 and from 1854 to 1855 and

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from 1851 to 1854. He was born in

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, the son of Jehiel Partelow, a shoemaker, and was educated there. He worked as a clerk in a store before entering business on his own by 1827. In 1819, he married Jane Hamlin Matthew, with whom he had eight daughters. Circa 1821 he and

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, Sr., purchased the ship , and transferred her registry to St John. ''Prince Regent'' had been built in New Brunswick and traded between Liverpool and New Brunswick until she was wrecked in November 1823. Partelow became chairman of the appropriations and audit committees which were involved in the distribution of public funds to the counties, a position of great power in the assembly. From 1848 to 1854, he was provincial secretary. Partelow also served as chamberlain for Saint John from 1827 to 1843 and mayor from 1847 to 1848. In 1855, he was named auditor general and served in that post until his death in

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in 1865.

References

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1796 births 1865 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick Provincial Secretaries of New Brunswick Colony of New Brunswick people {{NewBrunswick-mayor-stub