Ozro Baldwin
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Ozro Baldwin was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. He represented Stanstead
Stanstead (provincial electoral district)
Stanstead was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, the district was formed in 1867. After the 1970 elections, it became part of Orford.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished...

 from 1886 to 1890 as a Conservative.

He was born in Barnston, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

, the son of Ira Baldwin and Susan Glover, and established himself at Dixville
Dixville, Quebec
Dixville is a municipality in Quebec in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the region of Estrie. It is named after Dick Baldwin, a local pioneer who built a mill and whose first name is pronounced Dix....

. In 1858, he married Nancy Piper. Baldwin served as mayor of Dixville from 1873 to 1878 and of Barford from 1885 to 1893. He died at Coaticook
Coaticook, Quebec
Coaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the border with the United States-Communities:...

and was buried in Dixville.
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