Frederick Eustace Barker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frederick Eustace Barker

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1838

Place of Birth: New Brunswick, Canada

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1915

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Frederick Eustace Barker

  • Frederick Eustace Barker, (December 27, 1838 – December 15, 1915) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician. Born in Sheffield, New Brunswick, the son of Enoch Barker, Barker was educated at the Sunbury Grammar School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1856, a Master of Arts degree in 1858, and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1866 from King's College Law School (now the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law).
  • In 1861, he was called to the Bar and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1873.
  • He practiced law in St.
  • John, New Brunswick, and was appointed a commissioner for consolidating the Statutes of New Brunswick in 1875.
  • He was president of the St.
  • John Bridge and Railway Extension Company and a director of the St.
  • John Gas Company. He also served in the Canadian Militia with the Saint-John Light Infantry and was gazetted an ensign and soon after a lieutenant in 1864.
  • He was promoted to captain in 1865 and major in 1868. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of City of St.
  • John in the 1885 by-election called after Sir Leonard Tilley was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
  • A Conservative, he was defeated by John Valentine Ellis in the 1887 election. A member of the Church of England, he married Elizabeth Julia Lloyd in 1865.
  • They had one son and two daughter before she died in 1874.
  • He later married Mary Ann Black, the niece and adopted daughter of former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick Robert Duncan Wilmot.
  • They had two daughters. Barker served as Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1908 to 1913.

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