Moodie Brock Lovell was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Stanstead

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1890 to 1892 and from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal.

He was born in Barnston, Canada East

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, the son of Henry Lovell

Henry Lovell

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 and Artemissa Merriman, and was educated in Coaticook

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. He entered the lumber business with his father in the company H. Lovell and Sons. Lovell was also involved in the operation of the Grand Valley Lumber Company, also owned by his father. In 1878, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Pierce. Lovell did not run for reelection in 1892 and was defeated in 1897. He was president of the agricultural society for the Eastern Townships

Eastern Townships

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. He died in office in Portland, Maine

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 at the age of 48 and was buried in Coaticook.

His brother Charles Henry

Charles Henry Lovell

Charles Henry Lovell was a farmer, lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Stanstead in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1916 as a Liberal....

 served in the Canadian House of Commons

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