Robert Barry Cutler
Robert Barry Cutler (August 11, 1810 – April 3, 1882) was a Canadian Liberal politician who represented the riding of Kent, New Brunswick, for one term from 1872 to 1874.[1] He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1856.[2]
Robert Barry Cutler | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kent | |
| In office 1872–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Auguste Renaud |
| Succeeded by | George McLeod |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | |
| In office 1850–1856 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 11, 1810 Westmorland, New Brunswick |
| Died | April 3, 1882 (aged 71) Cape Bald, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Liberal |
Born in Westmorland, New Brunswick,[1] the son of Eben Cutler, he was educated at Annapolis Grammar School. He married Henrietta F. Charters in 1831. In 1855, he was a commissioner to settle the Canada disputed territory fund. Cutler was an assistant paymaster for the Intercolonial Railway from 1867 to 1872. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the provincial assembly in 1865[2] and for the House of Commons in 1867 and 1878.[1] He died in Cape Bald, New Brunswick at the age of 71.[3]
Electoral record
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Kent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | 810 | 29.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Barry Cutler | 726 | 26.8 | |||||
| Independent | George McLeod | 510 | 18.8 | |||||
| Unknown | H. O'Leary | 382 | 14.1 | |||||
| Liberal | George McInerney | 280 | 10.3 | |||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Kent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Barry Cutler | 1,381 | 52.4 | |||||
| Liberal | Auguste Renaud | 1,256 | 47.6 | |||||
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Kent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Auguste Renaud | 2,225 | 64.1 | |||||
| Unknown | Lestock P. W. DesBrisay | 757 | 21.8 | |||||
| Unknown | Owen McInerney | 485 | 14.0 | |||||
| Unknown | Robert Barry Cutler | 4 | 0.2 | |||||
References
- Robert Barry Cutler – Parliament of Canada biography
- The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1873)
- Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
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