Orlando Tilestone Daniels (March 20, 1860 – May 21, 1927) was a lawyer and political figure in
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada. He represented Annapolis County in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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as a
Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
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from 1906 to 1925.
Early life
He was born in
Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
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, the son of Wellington Daniels, a farmer, and Lavinia Margeson. He was educated in Lawrencetown and at
Acadia University
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. Daniels went on to study law with
James Wilberforce Longley
James Wilberforce Longley (4 January 1849 – 16 March 1922) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge.
Born in Paradise, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, the son of Israel Longley and Frances Manning, Longley received a Bache ...
in
Halifax, was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1885 and set up practice in
Bridgetown
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. In 1893, he married Mary Muir. Daniels was Attorney General in the province's Executive Council from 1911 to 1922. He died in Bridgetown.
References
Marble, AE ''Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches ...'' (1977)p. 129
Charlesworth, HW ''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'' (1919)p. 206
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1860 births
1927 deaths
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs