Josiah Wood

Josiah Wood
13th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
In office
6 March 1912 – 29 June 1917
MonarchGeorge V
Governors GeneralThe Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
The Duke of Devonshire
PremierJames K. Flemming
George J. Clarke
James A. Murray
Walter E. Foster
Preceded byLemuel John Tweedie
Succeeded byGilbert Ganong
Senator for Westmorland, New Brunswick
In office
1895–1912
Appointed byMackenzie Bowell
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Westmorland
In office
1882–1895
Preceded byAlbert James Smith
Succeeded byHenry Absalom Powell
Personal details
Born(1843-04-18)18 April 1843
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Died13 May 1927(1927-05-13) (aged 84)
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Laura S. Trueman
(m. 1874)
RelationsFrank Bunting Black, son-in-law
Children4 daughters, 2 sons

Josiah Wood (18 April 1843 – 13 May 1927) was a Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, mayor, parliamentarian, and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick. He was born in Sackville, New Brunswick in 1843.

Personal life

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He was the son of Mariner Wood and his wife Louisa Trueman of Point de Bute. On 14 January 1874, Wood married Laura S. Trueman of Sackville. He died on 13 May 1927 in Sackville, New Brunswick.[citation needed]

Education

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After attending public school in Sackville, he entered Mount Allison Academy; later he became a member of the first graduating class of the newly founded university, then known as Mount Allison Wesleyan College. In 1866 he was awarded a Master of Arts degree with admission to the Bar of New Brunswick occurring later in the year.[citation needed]

Career

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He entered the family business and built Mariner Wood & Sons into a company involved in retail, wholesale, shipbuilding, shipping, farming and lumbering, banking, real estate, including a large farm in Midgic plus the Wood Block in downtown Sackville. To this was later added investments in a variety of enterprises in Moncton.

Political offices held

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Electoral record

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1882 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Josiah Wood 2,620 54.5 +11.7
  Liberal Albert James Smith 2,188 45.5 -11.7
1887 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Josiah Wood 3,252 54.5 n/c
  Liberal Henry Emmerson 2,710 45.5 n/c
1891 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Josiah Wood 4,205 67.2 +12.7
  Liberal William F. George 2,057 32.8 -12.7

References

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  • "Josiah Wood". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • Josiah Wood – Parliament of Canada biography