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He was born in Alloway and settled at New Richmond between 1810 and 1825.
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William Cuthbert
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He represented Bonaventure in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1848 to 1851 as a Tory. In 1828, he was named a justice of the peace for the Gaspé district. In 1833, he built a sawmill at the mouth of the Petite Cascapédia River.
Cuthbert also owned a flour mill and another sawmill.
lieutenant is also believed that he built a number of ships at New Richmond and was a major landowner in the Baie des Chaleurs region. Cuthbert was a major in the local militia, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Because of ill health, he was not present in the assembly for much of his term and did not run for reelection in 1851. Cuthbert travelled to Liverpool, England in July 1854.
Cuthbert was probably related to James Cuthbert, Junior. and Ross Cuthbert who served in the assembly for Lower Canada.
