Murray Dodd

Murray Dodd
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Murray Dodd (May 23, 1843 – August 25, 1905) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member.^[1]

He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia^[1], the son of judge Edmund Murray Dodd and Caroline Maria Ritchie. He was educated in Sydney and Sackville. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1865^[2] and practised in Sydney.^[3] In 1879, he married Laura Isabel Archibald. The following year, Dodd was named Queen's Counsel. He was registrar for the county probate court from 1867 to 1872, when he was named judge in the same court.^[2] He resigned in 1879 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons.^[1] In 1888, he was named County Court Judge for Division number 7 in Nova Scotia. He died in Sydney at the age of 61 while still serving as a judge.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Murray Dodd - Parliament of Canada biography
2. ^ ^{a b} The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883, JA Gemmill
3. ^ ^{a b} Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada. 

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Name	Dodd, Murray
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Date of birth	May 23, 1843
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Date of death	1903
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