Robert John Pinsent (1797 in

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– 1876 in

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) magistrate and politician ran in the first general election held in

in 1832 to represent the district of Conception Bay. He had lost to

Charles Cozens Charles Cozens (1784 – August 6, 1863), politician, magistrate, was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832. Cozens was born at Blandford, Dorse ...

, Peter Brown and Robert Pack in an election that took 4 days to complete the balloting. Pinsent, son of William Pinsent was born in the

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area into a wealthy merchant class. He was appointed

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in 1836 then magistrate of

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shortly after. He was appointed

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in 1851. Pinsent served as

judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

of the

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

court from 1863 to 1874. He was made a member of the Executive Council in 1862. In 1874 he retired to London and died two years later.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1797 births 1876 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland Colony judges {{Newfoundland-politician-stub

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