Jacob Dockstader Buell

Jacob Dockstader Buell (October 4, 1827 – January 1, 1894) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brockville in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1878 as a Liberal member.[1]

He was born in Brockville, Upper Canada,[1] the son of William Buell, and was educated there. He was called to the bar in 1854[2] and practised law in Brockville.[3] His first wife was Susan Chaffey; after her death in 1857, he married Margaret Sophia Senkler in 1861. Buell was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the local militia, and raised the Brockville Infantry Company in 1862 after the Trent Affair. He served as mayor for Brockville for seven years. In 1871, Buell ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial legislature.[2] He was defeated by William Fitzsimmons in a bid for reelection to the federal seat in 1878.[1]

Electoral record
1872 Canadian federal election: Brockville
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJacob Dockstader Buell804
UnknownH. Abbott793
1874 Canadian federal election: Brockville
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJacob Dockstader Buell910
ConservativeJ. Crawford868
1878 Canadian federal election: Brockville
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWilliam Fitzsimmons1,033
LiberalJacob Dockstader Buell906

References
  1. Jacob Dockstader Buell – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time ..., GM Rose (1886)
  3. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.


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