Ebenezer Tilton Moseley Explained

Ebenezer Tilton Moseley
Birth Date:June 2, 1844
Birth Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Sydney, Nova Scotia
Office1:MLA for Cape Breton County
Term Start1:1874
Term End1:1882
Office2:Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Term Start2:1878
Term End2:1882
Predecessor2:Isaac N. Mack
Successor2:Angus McGillivray
Party:Liberal-Conservative
Occupation:lawyer

Ebenezer Tilton Moseley (June 2, 1844 – June 18, 1898)[1] was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1874 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

He was born in Halifax, the son of Ebenezer Moseley and Anne Jane Cummings. He was educated at St. John and Dalhousie colleges, was admitted to the bar in 1868 and set up practice in Sydney. Moseley married Isabel Brookman. He served as a member of the municipal council, also serving as mayor of Sydney,[1] and as commissioner of schools for the county. He was chosen as speaker for the provincial assembly in 1878. Moseley was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1882.[2] He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1887. Moseley died in Sydney at the age of 54.[1]

Notes and References

  1. A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
  2. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32957 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883, JA Gemmill