predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp alongside death_date party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
isaac burpee canadian john alexander chesley saint john , new brunswick city and county of st. john charles -lrb- 1891-1892 -rrb- wesley weldon -lrb- 1887-1891 -rrb- john douglas hazen 22 september 1910 liberal 12 march 1833 1887 charles nelson skinner.png charles nelson skinner
 1892 charles nelson skinner
charles nelson skinner

charles nelson skinner -lrb- march 12 , 1833 -- september 22 , 1910 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer , judge , and politician .
born in saint john , new brunswick , the son of samuel and phoebe s. -lrb- golding -rrb- skinner , skinner was educated at the public and grammar schools of saint john .
after leaving school , he prepared for the legal profession .
he studied law in the office of c. w. stockton , and was admitted to the bar , trinity term , 1860 .
he commenced to practice his profession in partnership with george g. gilbert , under the firm name of gilbert & skinner .
this partnership lasted about four years , when he began practice in his own name , and so continued until january 1894 , when he took his two sons into partnership , charles s. and sherwood skinner , the firm name being c. n. skinner & sons .
he was a member of the new brunswick legislature from 1862 to 1868 and was solicitor general from 1865 to 1868 .
from 1868 to 1885 , he was a judge of probate .
in 1887 , he was elected to the canadian house of commons for the city and county of st. john .
he was also re-elected for the same constituency in 1891 , but resigned his seat in 1892 when he was re-appointed a judge .
he was a member of the orange order and of the independent order of odd fellows .
he was married to eliza j. mclaughlin and had five sons and three daughters .
