Robert Marshall (New Brunswick politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Robert Marshall (New Brunswick politician)
- Robert Marshall (April 27, 1832 – May 26, 1904) was an insurance agent and political figure in New Brunswick.
- He represented the City of St.
- John in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1876 to 1882 as a Liberal member. He was born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander McNaughton Marshall, of Scottish descent.
- In 1837, he moved with his family to Chatham, New Brunswick and was educated there.
- Marshall became an accountant and clerk for a lumber firm at Miramichi, later moving to Saint John, where he was an accountant for the Intercolonial Railway.
- In 1855, he married Anna M.
- Henderson.
- He married Charlotte Neill Rees in 1863 after the death of his first wife.
- In 1866, he established an insurance agency at Satin John.
- Marshall also served as a notary public and magistrate for the city and county.
- He was a commissioner for the General Public Hospital at Saint John and a lieutenant in the local militia.
- Marshall was also a prominent member in the local Masonic lodge and a Grand Master for the province.
- He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1874 but was elected in an 1876 by-election held after the death of William H.A.
- Keans.
- The results of that election were appealed but Marshall also won the by-election that followed in 1877 and in the general election in 1878.
- He was named to the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio in December 1879.
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