William Hoste Webb was a Quebec

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 lawyer and political figure. He represented Richmond—Wolfe

Richmond—Wolfe

For other electoral districts with similar names, see Richmond Richmond–Wolfe was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1997.It was created as by the British North America Act of 1867.It was abolished in 1966 when...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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 member from 1867 to 1874.

He was born in Hampshire

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, England

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 in 1820. He studied at the Royal Naval School

Royal Naval School

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 in London

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 and came to Brompton Township

Bromptonville, Quebec

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 in Lower Canada

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 with his family in 1836. Webb articled in law in Montreal

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 and was called to the bar in 1850. He served as warden for Melbourne

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 and Richmond township

Richmond, Quebec

Richmond, population 3,336 , is a town nestled amidst rolling farmlands on the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Drummondville, in the heart of Estrie in Quebec, Canada.-Richmond today:...

s from 1855 to 1857 and from 1879 to 1883. He also served as mayor of Melbourne, was president of the Richmond Agricultural Society and served as a trustee for Saint Francis College in Richmond. In 1857, Webb was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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 for Richmond & Wolfe. He was defeated in 1861 but reelected in 1863. Webb was named Queen's Counsel

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 in 1867. He was elected to the federal parliament after Confederation

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 and served until 1874. In 1875, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec

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 for Wellington division and served until 1887, when he was appointed sheriff for Saint-François district. He died at Sherbrooke in 1890 from an apoplectic

Apoplexy

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fit.