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december 9 , 1906 canadian wick , caithness-shire , scotland pictou liberal-conservative 1828 1872 1878 robert doull.jpg robert doull
 1874 1882 robert doull
robert doull

robert doull -lrb- 1828 -- december 9 , 1906 -rrb- was a scottish-born canadian merchant and political figure .
he represented pictou in the canadian house of commons from 1872 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1882 as a liberal-conservative member .
he was born in wick , caithness-shire , scotland , the son of john doull and jane craig , and came to nova scotia with his parents while still an infant .
in 1852 , he married janet crichton .
doull was a lieutenant-colonel for the pictou county 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 , northwest territories .
