- William Cameron Edwards
William Cameron Edwards (
7 May ,1844 –17 September ,1921 ) was aCanadian businessman and parliamentarian.He was born in Clarence Township in
Russell County, Ontario in 1844, received basic schooling inOttawa and, at a young age, began work in the timber industry at Thurso,Canada East . He founded W.C. Edwards & Company which built largesawmill s at Rockland andNew Edinburgh . Up until 1920, Edwards' company also operated a sawmill on thePetite-Nation River inQuebec at North Nation Mills, north of Plaisance.A Liberal, he was five times elected as a Member of Parliament representing the
Ontario electoral district of Russell. He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1887, and was re-elected in 1888, 1891, 1896 and 1900. On17 March ,1903 he was appointed to theCanadian Senate upon the recommendation of SirWilfrid Laurier . He represented the senatorial division ofRussell County, Ontario until his death.At one time, Edwards owned the residence at
24 Sussex Drive , having purchased it fromJoseph Merrill Currier in 1902. Edwards was also president of Canada Cement, was a noted livestock breeder and served as president of the Russell Agricultural Society.External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=2131&s=M&s=M Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=02221 "The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography", HJ Morgan (1898)]
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