Josiah Wood

Josiah Wood (18 April 1843 – 13 May 1927) was a Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, mayor, parliamentarian, and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick. He was born in Sackville, New Brunswick in 1843.

The Honourable Josiah Wood
13th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
In office 6 March 1912 – 29 June 1917
Monarch	George V
Governors General	The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The Duke of Devonshire
Premier	James K. Flemming George J. Clarke James A. Murray Walter E. Foster
Preceded by	Lemuel John Tweedie
Succeeded by	Gilbert Ganong
Senator for Westmorland, New Brunswick
In office 1895–1912
Appointed by	Mackenzie Bowell
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Westmorland
In office 1882–1895
Preceded by	Albert James Smith
Succeeded by	Henry Absalom Powell
Personal details
Born	(1843-04-18)18 April 1843 Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	13 May 1927(1927-05-13) (aged 84) Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Laura S. Trueman ​ (m. 1874)​
Relations	Frank Bunting Black, son-in-law
Children	4 daughters, 2 sons

Personal life

He was the son of Mariner Wood and his wife Louisa Trueman of Point de Bute. On 14 January 1874, Wood married Laura S. Trueman of Sackville. He died on 13 May 1927 in Sackville, New Brunswick.^{[citation needed]}

Education

After attending public school in Sackville, he entered Mount Allison Academy; later he became a member of the first graduating class of the newly founded university, then known as Mount Allison Wesleyan College. In 1866 he was awarded a Master of Arts degree with admission to the Bar of New Brunswick occurring later in the year.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He entered the family business and built Mariner Wood & Sons into a company involved in retail, wholesale, shipbuilding, shipping, farming and lumbering, banking, real estate, including a large farm in Midgic plus the Wood Block in downtown Sackville. To this was later added investments in a variety of enterprises in Moncton.

Political offices held

• As a Conservative, he served three terms as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the New Brunswick riding of Westmorland, winning the seat in the elections of 1882, 1887 and 1891.
• On 5 August 1895, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell. He resigned from the Senate on 12 March 1912 after being appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
• On 12 February 1903, he became the first mayor of the newly incorporated town of Sackville, New Brunswick.
• On 6 March 1912 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, a position he held until 1917.

Electoral record

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josiah Wood	2,620	54.5	+11.7
	Liberal	Albert James Smith	2,188	45.5	-11.7

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josiah Wood	3,252	54.5	n/c
	Liberal	Henry Emmerson	2,710	45.5	n/c

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josiah Wood	4,205	67.2	+12.7
	Liberal	William F. George	2,057	32.8	-12.7

References

• "Josiah Wood". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• Josiah Wood – Parliament of Canada biography