Lewis Morris Wilkins was a lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Windsor Township from 1833 to 1838 and from 1852 to 1856 and Hants County from 1843 to 1847 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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, the son of Lewis Morris Wilkins

Lewis Morris Wilkins (speaker)

Lewis Morris Wilkins was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1817...

 and Sarah Creighton, the sister of Lewis Morris

Lewis Morris

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. Wilkins was educated in Windsor, Nova Scotia

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...

 at King's Collegiate School and King's College

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and set up practice in Windsor. Wilkins married Sarah Rachel Thomas in 1828. In 1838, he was named to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia

Legislative Council of Nova Scotia

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, serving until 1843. Although Wilkins ran as a reformer in 1843, in the assembly he opposed responsible government. He served as a minister without portfolio

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 in the Nova Scotia Executive Council in 1846. Wilkins was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1847. Elected as a Conservative in 1852, he switched his alliance to Joseph Howe

Joseph Howe

Joseph Howe, PC was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, and public servant. He is one of Nova Scotia's greatest and best-loved politicians...

 and the Liberals in 1854. He was named to the Executive Council as provincial secretary

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 in 1854. In 1856, Wilkins was named a puisne judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, serving on the bench until 1876. He died in Windsor at the age of 84.

His brother Martin Isaac

Martin Isaac Wilkins

Martin Isaac Wilkins was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1851 to 1859 and from 1867 to 1871....

also served in the Nova Scotia assembly.