Murray Dodd (May 23, 1843 – August 25, 1905) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in
Nova Scotia
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, Canada. He represented
Cape Breton
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in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1882 to 1887 as a
Conservative
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member.
He was born in
Sydney, Nova Scotia
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,
the son of judge
Edmund Murray Dodd
Edmund Murray Dodd (January 9, 1797 – July 27, 1876) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the township of Sydney in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1832 to 1848.
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and Caroline Maria Ritchie, a granddaughter of
David Mathews
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, the
Loyalist
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Mayor of New York City
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under the
British
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during the
American Revolution
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,
and a descendant of the prominent
Schuyler family
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of
New York City
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. He was educated in Sydney and
Sackville. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1865
and practised in Sydney.
In 1879, he married Laura Isabel Archibald. The following year, Dodd was named
Queen's Counsel
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. He was registrar for the county probate court from 1867 to 1872, when he was named judge in the same court.
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JA Gemmill He resigned in 1879 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons.
In 1888, he was named County Court Judge for Division number 7 in Nova Scotia. In 1893 he became one of the founding members of the
Sydney Lawn Tennis Club which was incorporated by an Act of the
Nova Scotia Legislature.
He died in Sydney at the age of 61 while still serving as a judge.
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1843 births
1905 deaths
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Judges in Nova Scotia
Schuyler family
Canadian people of Dutch descent
Canadian people of American descent
Canadian King's Counsel