Thomas Coffin (Nova Scotia politician)

Thomas Coffin, PC (February 27, 1816 July 12, 1890)[1] was a Canadian businessman and politician.

The Hon.
Thomas Coffin
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Shelburne
In office
1867–1878
Preceded byDistrict was created by British North America Act, 1867
Succeeded byThomas Robertson
Personal details
Born1817
Barrington, Colony of Nova Scotia
DiedJuly 13, 1890
Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyLiberal (1873-1878)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal-Conservative (1869-1873)
Anti-Confederate (1867-1869)
CabinetReceiver General (1873–1878)

He was born in Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia in 1817. He owned a general store and with his brother and other partners operated a sawmill and shipbuilding yard on the Clyde River from 1854 until late in the 1870s. In 1855, he was named a justice of the peace and he served as school commissioner in Shelburne County and the Barrington district. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer from 1851 to 1855 and as a Liberal from 1859 until Confederation. In 1867, he was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament representing the riding of Shelburne as a Liberal-Conservative supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald. He was re-elected in 1872 and crossed the floor the next year to join the Liberal Party of Canada. He was re-elected 1874 and defeated in 1878. From 1873 to 1878, he was the Receiver General. He died in Barrington in 1890.

1867 Canadian federal election: Shelburne
Party Candidate Votes
Anti-ConfederationThomas Coffinacclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election: Shelburne
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeThomas Coffinacclaimed
By-election on 9 December 1873

On Mr. Coffin being appointed Receiver-General of Canada, 7 November 1873

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Coffinacclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election: Shelburne
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Coffinacclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election: Shelburne
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Robertson966
UnknownRobert W. Freeman899
LiberalThomas Coffin198

References

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


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