John Bolton was a New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 businessman and political figure. He represented Charlotte in the 1st Canadian Parliament

1st Canadian Parliament

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 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member.

He was born in England

England

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 in 1824 and educated there. He was a merchant at Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. In 1858, he married a Miss Christiana Hezediah Upton. His sister Kate married Benjamin Robert Stephenson

Benjamin Robert Stephenson

Benjamin Robert Stephenson was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1882. His surname also appears as Stevenson in some sources.He was born in St...

 who represented Charlotte in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Bolton died at Saint Stephen in 1872.

His daughter Ethel married William Frederick Todd

William Frederick Todd

William Frederick Todd was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1899 to 1903 and Charlotte in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member...

, who served in the provincial assembly and the House of Commons and went on to become Lieutenant Governor for the province.