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Monarch
  
George V

Name
  
Josiah Wood

Preceded by
  
Lemuel John Tweedie

Role
  
Lawyer


Appointed by
  
Mackenzie Bowell

Died
  
May 13, 1927

Preceded by
  
Albert James Smith

Succeeded by
  
Gilbert Ganong

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Governor General
  
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The Duke of Devonshire

Premier
  
James K. Flemming George J. Clarke James A. Murray Walter E. Foster

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

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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.

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Personal life

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

Education

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.

Career

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

  • As a Conservative, he served three terms as a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the New Brunswick riding of Westmorland, winning the seat in the elections of 1882, 1887 and 1891.
  • On 5 August 1895, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell. He resigned from the Senate on 12 March 1912 after being appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
  • On 12 February 1903, he became the first mayor of the newly incorporated town of Sackville, New Brunswick.
  • On 6 March 1912 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, a position he held until 1917.
  • References

    Josiah Wood Wikipedia