About Samuel McDonnell
Lived 1834 – 1910 (aged 75–76). Samuel McDonnell was a Canadian politician and lawyer.
Samuel McDonnell (1834 – January 1, 1910) was a Canadian politician.
Born in St. Andrews, County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, the son of Donald McDonnell (Garanaich) and Mary Macdonald, McDonnell studied law in Antigonish with William Alexander Henry. After being admitted to the bar in 1862, he practiced law in Port Hood, Nova Scotia. In 1863, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in Inverness. He married Annie, the daughter of Peter Smyth in 1866 and was named Queen's Counsel the following year.
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Canadian politician
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Samuel McDonnell was born in 1834 in St Andrews.
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Samuel McDonnell died on 1 January 1910 in Port Hood.
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Samuel McDonnell was a politician and lawyer.
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Samuel McDonnell was Canadian.
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