Gains S. Turner

Gains S. Turner

Gains Samuel Turner (August 12 1838 – April 25 1892 [ [http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/141C4.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=BE7D8EF3-CF71-449B-BDBE-EB8B695A82D4 New Brunswick provincial archives] ] ) was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Albert County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1879 to 1892 as a Liberal-Conservative.

He was born and educated in Albert County, New Brunswick, the son of Isaac Turner and Elizabeth Colpitts. In 1876, he married Lucy E. Stiles. He was a justice of the peace. Turner was a ship builder and also was a director for the Albert Railway. He was named to the province's Executive Council in 1883 but resigned later that year. He died in office at Fredericton at the age of 53 after a long illness.

References

* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32953 "The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1879", CH Mackintosh ]
* [http://www.ourgenealogy.ca/ps05/ps05_166.html Transcription of obituary from the "Chignecto Post", April 28, 1892]


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