Daniel Hanington was a farmer, mill owner and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada

New Brunswick

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. He represented Westmorland County

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 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1834 to 1862.

He born at Shediac, New Brunswick

Shediac, New Brunswick

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, the son of William Hanington, one of the first English settlers on Shediac Bay, and was educated in Sackville

Sackville, New Brunswick

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. Hanington became a justice of the peace

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 and a lieutenant colonel in the county militia. In 1831, he married Margaret, the daughter of William Peters, a former member of the legislative assembly. Hanington served for many years as the customs controller for the port of Shediac. He was speaker for the legislative assembly from March 1853 to 1856. He served as a member of the Executive Council

Executive Council of New Brunswick

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 from 1848 to 1851 and was named to the Legislative Council

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in 1867.