Robert Moffat (politician)

Robert Moffat
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Robert Moffat (March 5, 1844 – April 25, 1887) was a New Brunswick businessman and political figure. He represented Restigouche in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1887.[1]

He was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick in 1844, the son of George Moffat, and was educated at the Academy at Annan in Scotland.[2] Moffatt became a merchant in Dalhousie, New Brunswick. In 1876, he married Margaret Sadler. He died in Teeswater, Ontario in 1887 while still in office[3] and his brother George was elected to replace him in the House of Commons.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Robert Moffat (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ↑ The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883, JA Gemmill
  3. ↑ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  4. ↑ The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1889, JA Gemmill


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