- Frederick Eustace Barker
Frederick Eustace Barker (
December 27 ,1838 –December 15 ,1915 ) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician.Born in Sheffield,
New Brunswick , the son of Enoch Barker, Barker was educated at the Sunbury Grammar School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1856, a Master of Arts degree in 1858, and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1866 from King's College (now theUniversity of New Brunswick ). In 1861, he was called to the Bar and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1873. He practiced law in St. John, New Brunswick and was appointed a commissioner for consolidating the Statues of new Brunswick in 1875. He was president of the St. John Bridge and Railway Extension Company and a director of the St. John Gas Company.He also served in the Canadian Militia with the Saint-John Light Infantry and was gazetted an ensign and soon after a lieutenant in 1864. He was promoted to Captain in 1865 and major in 1868.
He was elected to the
Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district ofCity of St. John in the 1885 by-election called after SirLeonard Tilley was appointedLieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick . A Conservative, he was defeated byJohn Valentine Ellis in the 1887 election.A member of the
Church of England , he married Elizabeth Julia Lloyd in 1865. They had one son and two daughter before she died in 1874. He later married Mary Ann Black, the niece and adopted daughter of former Lieutenant-Governor of New BrunswickRobert Duncan Wilmot . They had two daughters.Barker served as
Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1908 to 1913. [ [http://www.gnb.ca/Cour/02ChiefJustice/chiefjustices-e.asp New Brunswick Courts ] at www.gnb.ca]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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