Murray Dodd was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Cape Breton

Cape Breton (electoral district)

Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

 member.

He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....

, the son of judge Edmund Murray Dodd

Edmund Murray Dodd

Edmund Murray Dodd was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the township of Sydney in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1832 to 1848....

 and Caroline Maria Ritchie. He was educated in Sydney and Sackville

Sackville, Nova Scotia

Sackville can refer to several different communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located along the Sackville River. No community has simply "Sackville" as an official name.* Lower Sackville* Middle Sackville* Upper Sackville...

. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1865 and practised in Sydney. In 1879, he married Laura Isabel Archibald. The following year, Dodd was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. He was registrar for the county probate court from 1867 to 1872, when he was named judge in the same court. He resigned in 1879 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons. In 1888, he was named County Court Judge for Division number 7 in Nova Scotia. He died in Sydney at the age of 61 while still serving as a judge.