Josiah Wood
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The Hon. Josiah Wood |
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| 13th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
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In office March 6, 1912 – June 29, 1917 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor General |
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The Duke of Devonshire |
| Premier |
James K. Flemming George J. Clarke James A. Murray Walter E. Foster |
| Preceded by | Lemuel John Tweedie |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Ganong |
| Senator for Westmorland, New Brunswick | |
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In office 1895–1912 |
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| Appointed by | Mackenzie Bowell |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Westmorland |
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In office 1882–1895 |
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| Preceded by | Albert James Smith |
| Succeeded by | Henry Absalom Powell |
| Personal details | |
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18 April 1843 Sackville, New Brunswick |
| Died | 13 May 1927 (aged 84) Sackville, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Laura S. Trueman (m. 1874) |
| Relations | Frank Bunting Black, son-in-law |
| Children | 4 daughters, 2 sons |
Josiah Wood (18 April 1843 – 13 May 1927) was a Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, mayor, parliamentarian, and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick. He was born in Sackville, New Brunswick in 1843.
He was the son of Mariner Wood and his wife Louisa Trueman of Point de Bute. On Jan.14, 1874 Josiah Wood married Laura S. Trueman of Sackville. He died on 13 May 1927 in Sackville, New Brunswick.
After attending public school in Sackville, he entered Mount Allison Academy; later he became a member of the first graduating class of the newly founded university, then known as Mount Allison Wesleyan College. In 1866 he was awarded a Master of Arts degree with admission to the Bar of New Brunswick occurring later in the year.
He entered the family business and built Mariner Wood & Sons into a company involved in retail, wholesale, shipbuilding, shipping, farming and lumbering, banking, real estate, including a large farm in Midgic plus the Wood Block in downtown Sackville. To this was later added investments in a variety of enterprises in Moncton.
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