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GRAY, John Hamilton, Canadian statesman, born in St. George's, Bermuda, in 1814. He was admitted to the Canadian bar in 1837, entered parliament in 1850, became a member of the executive council in 1851, and premier of New Brunswick in 1856. In 1857 he was umpire between Great Britain and the United States under the treaty of Washington, and was royal commissioner on the tenant-right question in Prince Edward Island. He was arbitrator for the Dominion in 1867, was appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1872, and was a member of the Canadian Chinese immigration commission in 1884. He is the author of "Confederation," a history (1871), and lectures and addresses.
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