Robert Duncan Wilmot
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Robert Duncan Wilmot, PC (16 October 1809 – 13 February 1891) was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation. Following confederation, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 23 October 1867 by royal proclamation, and represented the Senate division of New Brunswick until his resignation on 10 February 1880.
He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick but moved to Saint John with his family at around the age of five. His father, John McNeil Wilmot, was a big tank and shipowner. Wilmot worked for his father's business and represented the company in Liverpool, England from 1835 to 1840. It is here that his son, Robert Duncan Wilmot, a future Member of Parliament, was born.
Wilmot represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1847 to 1861 and from 1865 to 1867. He was made a member of the Executive Council of New Brunswick, serving as the Surveyor-General. He also served as mayor of Saint John from 1849 to 1850.
From 1880 – 1885 he served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New Brunswick.
Wilmot died at his estate in Sunbury County at the age of 81.
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