Beamish Murdoch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Beamish Murdoch
- Beamish Murdoch (August 1, 1800 – February 9, 1876) was a lawyer, historian, and political figure in Nova Scotia.
- He represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1826 to 1830. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Andrew Murdoch and Elizabeth Beamish.
- His family had come to Nova Scotia from the North of Ireland.
- His grandfather, a Presbyterian Minister, Rev.
- James Murdoch served several parishes in the Province for 23 years.
- Murdoch was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1822.
- In 1824 he was elected Vice - President of the Charitable Irish Society in Halifax.
- He also contributed articles to the Acadian Recorder and the Acadian Magazine or Literary Mirror.
- Murdoch was defeated by Stephen Wastie Deblois when he ran for reelection in 1830; he was an unsuccessful candidate again in 1836 and 1840.
- He served as president of the Halifax Temperance Society.
- In 1841, Murdoch became clerk for the Central Board of Education and, in 1852, was named record for the city of Halifax.
- Between 1865 and 1867, he published A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie.
- He died in Lunenburg at the age of 75.
- He is buried with a gravestone at the Hillcrest Cemetery (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia).
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