Benjamin DeWolf (died after 1836) was a merchant
and political figure in
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native En ...
. He represented Hants County in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Each General Assembly of the ...
from 1824 to 1836.
He was the son of
Loran DeWolf and Mary Fox. Dewolf married Sarah Lovett
(or Leavitt
). He was elected to the assembly in an 1824 by-election held after
William Hersey Otis Haliburton
William Hersey Otis Haliburton (September 3, 1767 – July 7, 1829) was a lawyer, judge, and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Windsor Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1806 to 1811, and represented Hants Cou ...
was appointed a judge.
DeWolf lived in
Windsor.
References
Year of birth missing
19th-century deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
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