Randolph Ketchum Jones was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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. He represented Carleton County

Carleton County, New Brunswick

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 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1874 to 1878.

He was born in Simonds, Carleton County, the son of James Jones and Eliza Shaw, both descended from United Empire Loyalists. Jones was educated in Woodstock

Woodstock, New Brunswick

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 and in Sackville

Sackville, New Brunswick

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. He studied law at Harvard Law School

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, was called to the bar in 1867 and set up practice in Woodstock. In 1861, he married Harriet Gertrude Raymond. Jones served as secretary-treasurer for the county, as clerk in the circuit court and as mayor of Woodstock. He was also treasurer for Woodstock before he became mayor in 1880 after the death of Frederick T. Bridges.