- Gordon Cameron Edwards
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Gordon Cameron Edwards Member of Parliament
for Ottawa (City of)In office
September 1926 – May 1930Preceded by John Léo Chabot
Stewart McClenaghanSucceeded by T. Franklin Ahearn Personal details Born Gordon Cameron Edwards
12 November 1866
ThursoDied 2 November 1946 (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
- ^ a b Normandin, A.L. (1929). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company.
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ 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.
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