Joseph Matheson (May 7, 1833 – September 23, 1915) was a merchant and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Richmond County in the

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from 1886 to 1897. He was a

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member of the

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for the Richmond riding from 1900 to 1904. He was born in Grand River, Nova Scotia, the son of

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immigrants, and married Maria S., the daughter of Josiah Hooper, a former member of the Nova Scotia assembly, in 1864. Matheson was postmaster for Lower L'Ardoise from 1866 to 1886.

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