William Francis Carroll 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 South

Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)

Cape Breton South was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1911 and from 1925 to 1968.-History:This riding was created in 1903 from Cape Breton riding...

 from 1911 to 1917, Cape Breton South and Richmond

Cape Breton South and Richmond

Cape Breton South and Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925....

 from 1921 to 1925 and Inverness—Richmond

Inverness—Richmond

Inverness—Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton ridings...

 from 1949 to 1953 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member.

He was born in Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia

Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia

Margaree Forks is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...

, the son of John Carroll, the son of an Irish

Ireland

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 immigrant, and Ellen Tompkins. Carroll was educated at Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

, was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1905 and set up practice in Glace Bay

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Glace Bay is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton....

. In 1906, he married Helen Curry. Carroll served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...

 during World War I

World War I

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. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1917. In 1925, he was named to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia; he was also named a judge of Admiralty in 1937. Carroll resigned from the bench in 1949 to run again federally. He died in Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

 at the age of 87.

His grandson John Murphy

John Murphy (Canadian politician)

John Murphy was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Murphy became a Liberal party candidate for the Annapolis Valley—Hants electoral district in the 1988 federal election...

also served in the House of Commons.