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Martin Isaac Wilkins (September 14, 1804 – August 16, 1881) was a lawyer 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 ...
, Canada. He represented Pictou Township 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 1851 to 1859 and from 1867 to 1871. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Lewis Morris Wilkins and Sarah Creighton. He studied at
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in Windsor, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and set up practice in Pictou. Wilkins married Jane Mortimer (Wallace). He was editor for the Pictou ''Observer''. He was the province's solicitor general from 1857 to 1859. Wilkins was opposed to
Confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...
. In 1867, he published a pamphlet that argued that Confederation was unconstitutional. He served as the province's attorney general from 1867 to 1871. Wilkins was named protonotary for the province's Supreme Court in Halifax in 1871. He died in Halifax at the age of 76. His brother Lewis Morris Wilkins also served in the province's assembly.


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* 1804 births 1881 deaths Colony of Nova Scotia people Nova Scotia Anti-Confederation Party MLAs Attorneys general of Canadian provinces {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub