Robert Duncan Wilmot (MP)

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Robert Duncan Wilmot (1837 – After 1908) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Liverpool, England, where his father, Robert Duncan Wilmot, was working in the family shipbuilding business from 1835 to 1840, Wilmot was educated in St. John, New Brunswick and the Sunbury County Grammar School. He was a member of the Sunbury Municipal Council and Warden of the County. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Sunbury in the 1887 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891 but was defeated in the 1896 federal election and in a 1896 by-election. He was elected again in the 1900 election for the riding of Sunbury—Queen's and in 1904. He was defeated in 1908.

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• The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904

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• Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Charles Burpee	Member of Parliament for Sunbury 1887–1896	Succeeded by The electoral district was abolished in 1892.
Preceded by Andrew George Blair	Member of Parliament for Sunbury—Queen's 1900–1908	Succeeded by Hugh Havelock Mclean