# Joseph Aplin

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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'''Joseph Aplin''' (c. 1740 – April 26, 1804) was a lawyer and political figure in colonial [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) and [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island). He represented Barrington Township in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) from 1785 to 1787.

He was born in [Rhode Island](/source/Rhode_Island), the son of John Aplin, and became a lawyer like his father, setting up practice in [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island). As a loyalist, he was forced to move to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and went to Nova Scotia in 1783. In 1787, he went to St. John's Island (later [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island)) as solicitor general for [Edmund Fanning](/source/Edmund_Fanning_(colonial_administrator)). In 1790, he was named attorney general. Aplin was charged with wrongdoing by supporters of former governor [Walter Patterson](/source/Walter_Patterson_(governor)) in 1791; he was exonerated and successfully sued for damages in 1793. In 1798, after becoming associated with a group advocating that the island rejoin Nova Scotia, he resigned from the island's Council and was dismissed as attorney general. After unsuccessfully attempting to clear his name in [England](/source/England), he returned to [Annapolis Royal](/source/Annapolis_Royal%2C_Nova_Scotia) where he resumed his law practice. Aplin is believed to have died in Rhode Island.

== References ==
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  | title = Joseph Aplin
  | encyclopedia = [Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online](/source/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography_Online)
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  | year = 1983
  | url = http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2239
  | accessdate = 2008-10-06 }}

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Category:1740s births
Category:1804 deaths
Category:18th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:Loyalists who settled Nova Scotia
Category:British emigrants to pre-Confederation Prince Edward Island
Category:Attorneys general of the Colony of Prince Edward Island
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island

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