Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr. (July 17, 1837 – January 7, 1920) was a
Canadian farmer, businessman and politician.
Born in
Liverpool,
England, where his father,
Robert Duncan Wilmot, was working in the family shipbuilding business from 1835 to 1840, Wilmot was educated in
Saint John, New Brunswick, and the
Sunbury County
Sunbury County (2016 population 27,644) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base (CFB Gagetown) is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farm ...
Grammar School. In 1867, he married Elizabeth W. Black. He was a member of the Sunbury Municipal Council and Warden of the county. Wilmot also served as lieutenant colonel in the militia. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1886. He was first elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
for the riding of
Sunbury in the
1887 federal election. A
Conservative, he was re-elected in
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
but was defeated in the
1896 federal election and in an 1896 by-election. He was elected again in the
1900 election for the riding of
Sunbury—Queen's and in
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
. He was defeated in
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
.
References
The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'' JA Gemmill
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1837 births
1920 deaths
Colony of Nova Scotia people
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
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