Robert Grant (August 22, 1854 – January 24, 1935) was a lumberman and political figure in

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. He represented Comox from 1903 to 1909 in the

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as a

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. He was born in

Pictou, Nova Scotia Pictou ( ; Canadian Gaelic: ''Baile Phiogto'') is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Glasg ...

, the son of Hugh Grant and Nancy Harris, and was educated there. In 1880, he married Barbara Jane McCutcheon. Grant served as mayor of

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from 1902 to 1903. Grant built and operated a sawmill in Cumberland in partnership with Lewis Mounce. He died in 1935.

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1854 births 1935 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs Mayors of places in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub