Loran DeWolf (April 7, 1754 – after 1818) was a 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 Windsor Township in the

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from 1811 to 1818. He was born in

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, the son of Nathan DeWolf and Lydia Kirtland, and came to Nova Scotia in the 1760s with his family. DeWolf married Mary Fox. DeWolf was granted leave of absence due to illness in March 1818. His brother

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also served as a member of the provincial assembly. His son

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

later represented Hants County in the provincial assembly.

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* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1754 births Year of death missing Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub

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