Gordon Cameron Edwards

Gordon Cameron Edwards
Member of Parliament for Ottawa (City of)
In office September 1926 – May 1930
Preceded by	John Léo Chabot Stewart McClenaghan
Succeeded by	T. Franklin Ahearn
Personal details
Born	Gordon Cameron Edwards 12 November 1866(1866-11-12) Thurso
Died	2 November 1946(1946-11-02) (aged 79)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Edna Stewart Meighen m. 11 June 1895[1]
Profession	lumber merchant

Gordon Cameron Edwards (12 November 1866 – 2 November 1946) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Thurso and became a lumber merchant.

The son of John Cameron Edwards and Margaret Cameron,^[2] and a nephew of William Cameron Edwards,^[3] he was president of Ottawa-based companies W.C. Edwards and Company Ltd. and Edwards Lumber and Pulp Ltd. He was also president, vice-president and director of various other firms.^[1]

He was elected to Parliament at the City of Ottawa riding with fellow Liberal Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier in the 1926 general election. After completing his only term in the House of Commons, the 16th Canadian Parliament, Edwards left federal politics and did not seek re-election in the 1930 vote.

In 1923, he became owner of the residence at 24 Sussex Drive. In 1943, a federal eviction notice was served on Edwards. He appealed the notice and was awarded $140,000 plus costs in 1946. Edwards continued to live in the house until his death later that year.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Normandin, A.L. (1929). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company. 
2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "24 Sussex - History". National Capital Commission. http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?bhjs=0&cid=16300-20451-103987-104148&lang=1. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 

External links

• Gordon Cameron Edwards - Parliament of Canada biography

Persondata
Name	Edwards, Gordon Cameron
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 November 1866
Place of birth	Thurso
Date of death	2 November 1946
Place of death