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Richard Reid Dobell : ウィキペディア英語版 | Richard Reid Dobell
Richard Reid Dobell, PC (January 27, 1836 – January 11, 1902) was a Canadian businessman and politician. ==Biography== Born in Liverpool, England, he came to Quebec in 1857 and started a lumber business. With his brother-in-law, Thomas Beckett, he founder the firm R. R. Dobell & Co, Quebec, at one time one of the largest of its kind in Canada. He took an active interest in public affairs, was elected President of the Quebec Board of Trade, and was a Harbour Commissioner for that city. He actively promoted the cold storage principle in transatlantic steamers, and was President of the Cold Storage Company of Quebec. Other appointments included Director of the Quebec Railway Bridge Company. In 1895 he unsuccessfully stood as an independent candidate for the Canadian House of Commons, but the next year was elected as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Quebec West in the 1896 federal election, and was re-elected in 1900. From 1896 to 1902, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Wilfrid Laurier. He was a prominent supporter of the cause of Imperial federation, and was a founder of the British Empire League.〔 He died on 13 January 1902 of a head injury caused by falling from a horse while visiting his son-in-law at Folkestone, England.〔
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