Murray Dodd (May 23, 1843 – August 25, 1905) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1887 as a

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member. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of judge Edmund Murray Dodd and Caroline Maria Ritchie, a granddaughter of

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, the Loyalist Mayor of New York City under the

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during the

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, and a descendant of the prominent Schuyler family of

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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

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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.''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883''
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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodd, Murray 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