Andrew Kinnear was an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

-born political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. He represented Westmorland in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1786 to 1792.

He was born in Newton Limavady

Limavady

Limavady is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop. It lies east of Derry and south west of Coleraine. It had a population of 12,135 people in the 2001 Census, an increase of some 17% compared to 1991...

 near Derry

Derry

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 and came to New Brunswick in 1783 as a United Empire Loyalist, settling in Sackville

Sackville, New Brunswick

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. His second wife was his cousin Letitia Boyd. Kinnear served as commissary at Fort Cumberland

Fort Beauséjour

Fort Beauséjour, was built during Father Le Loutre's War from 1751-1755; it is located at the Isthmus of Chignecto in present-day Aulac, New Brunswick, Canada...

 for 30 years.

His son William Boyd

William Boyd Kinnear

William Boyd Kinnear was a lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1830 to 1834....

also served in the assembly.