Adam Hudspeth was a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer and politician.

Born in Cobourg

Cobourg, Ontario

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, Upper Canada

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, Hudspeth received his education in the Grammar School in Cobourg, under the tutelage of his father, Robert Hudspeth, who was head-master. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1867. A practicing lawyer, he was an unsuccessful candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 in the 1875 election

Ontario general election, 1875

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. He was a bencher of the Law Society of Ontario and was a deputy judge for the county of Victoria. He was a revising officer under the Electoral Franchise Act of 1885. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Victoria South

Victoria South

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 in 1887

Canadian federal election, 1887

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. He was disqualified under the Independence of Parliament Act and resigned as a revising officer. He was re-elected in the resulting 1887 by-election. A Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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, he served until his death in 1890.