Robert_Moffat_(politician)

Robert Moffat (politician)

Robert Moffat (politician)

Canadian politician

Robert Moffat (March 5, 1844 – April 25, 1887) was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Restigouche in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1887.[1]

Robert Moffat
Source: Library and Archives Canada

He was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick in 1844, the son of George Moffat, and was educated at the Academy at Annan in Scotland.[2] Moffatt became a merchant in Dalhousie, New Brunswick. In 1876, he married Margaret Sadler. He died in Teeswater, Ontario in 1887 while still in office[3] and his brother George was elected to replace him in the House of Commons.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Robert Moffat – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. [2]
    The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883, JA Gemmill
  3. [3]
    Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  4. [4]
    The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1889, JA Gemmill


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