Robert Doull was a Scottish

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-born Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented Pictou

Pictou (electoral district)

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1872 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

He was born in Wick

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, Caithness-shire, Scotland, the son of John Doull and Jane Craig, and came to Nova Scotia

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 with his parents while still an infant. In 1852, he married Janet Crichton. Doull was a lieutenant-colonel for the Pictou County

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

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 militia. He served as treasurer for the county for 15 years and was a director of the Pictou Bank. Doull was defeated in 1874 but then ran successfully for a federal seat in 1878. In 1888, he moved to Craven

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, Northwest Territories

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