Thomas Twining Keefler was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Lunenburg

Lunenburg (electoral district)

Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1953. Its boundary was that of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.-History:...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1882 to 1883 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member.

He was born in Halifax

City of Halifax

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, of Austria

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n descent. In 1870, he married Lydia Sophia Tupper. Keefler supported an elected senate. His election in 1882 was declared void and he was defeated by Charles Edwin Kaulbach

Charles Edwin Kaulbach

Charles Edwin Kaulbach was a merchant, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1882, from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1904 as a Conservative member.He was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of John H...

in the by-election which followed in 1883.