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Tobin, Stephen, 1836-1905
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Stephen Tobin was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1836, the son of Thomas S. Tobin and grandson of Michael Tobin. He was married to Catherine Lyons Grey in 1868, with whom he had two sons, Thomas Finlayson and Stephen Lyons. Tobin and his brothers, Michael and Henry, were educated at Stonyhurst College, a Roman Catholic boarding school near Lancashire, England.
Tobin ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Nova Scotia Assembly in 1867 before serving as mayor of Halifax from 1867-1870 and from 1878-1881. He was the Danish consul at Halifax and a commissioner of public schools. From 1872-1874 Tobin was the Liberal MP for Halifax. He passed in Montreal in 1905 at the age of sixty-nine.
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Austin, Alfred (1835-1913)
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1849-1852
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Alfred Austin was Stephen Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852.