Gordon Cameron Edwards

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Gordon Cameron Edwards
Member of Parliament
for Ottawa (City of)
In office
September 1926 – May 1930
Preceded byJohn Léo Chabot
Stewart McClenaghan
Succeeded byT. Franklin Ahearn
Personal details
Born
Gordon Cameron Edwards

(1866-11-12)12 November 1866
Thurso
Died2 November 1946(1946-11-02) (aged 79)
Ottawa, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Edna Stewart Meighen
m. 11 June 1895[1]
Residence(s)24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Professionlumber 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 Limited and Edwards Lumber and Pulp Limited. 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. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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