Wilmot Robert Duncan 1809-1891 Born At Fredericton New Brunswick
Member of the provincial Parliament, 1846-1861 and in 1865-1867; and
surveyor-general, 1851-1854. Provincial secretary in the Wilmot-Gray
ministry, and in 1867 called to the Senate, of which he was a member for
thirteen years. In 1878-1891 a member of the Privy Council; in 1878-1880
a member of the Cabinet without portfolio, and Speaker of the Senate;
lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1880-1885. =Index=: (Tilley era) Elected
for St. John County, 10; elected as a Liberal, but sides with
Conservatives, 13-14; joins administration, 18, 23, 24; re-elected for
St. John, 24, 30; provincial secretary, 41; his government resigns,
42-43; re-elected for St. John County, as Anti-Confederate, 85-86;
enters Smith government, 91; his character, 93; dissatisfied with
government, 94; resigns, 94; forms new government with Peter Mitchell,
105; elected for St. John County, 109; goes to England as delegate, 120.