About Richard Reid Dobell
Lived 1837 – 1902 (aged 64–65). Richard Reid Dobell was a Canadian politician, merchant and businessperson.
Richard Reid Dobell, (January 27, 1836 – January 11, 1902) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Biography Born in Liverpool, England, and educated at Liverpool College, he came to the Province of Canada in 1857 and started a lumber business. With his brother-in-law, Thomas Beckett, he founder the firm R. R. Dobell & Co, Quebec, at one time one of the largest of its kind in Canada.
In 1895 he unsuccessfully stood as an independent candidate for the House of Commons of Canada, but the next year was elected as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Quebec West in the 1896 federal election, and was re-elected in 1900. From 1896 to 1902, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Wilfrid Laurier. He was a prominent supporter of the cause of Imperial federation, and was a founder of the British Empire League.
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Who was Richard Reid Dobell?
Canadian politician (1837-1902)
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Richard Reid Dobell was born in 1837 in Liverpool.
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Richard Reid Dobell died on 12 January 1902 in Kent.
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Richard Reid Dobell was a politician, merchant and businessperson.
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Richard Reid Dobell was Canadian.
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