Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author
- Lived
- 1796–1865
Updated September 2026
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About Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotia-born judge, author, novelist, and Conservative MP in Britain. He was the first internationally bestselling fiction author from what is now Canada.
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