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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Hon. 
| name             = John Wesley Edwards
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = John Wesley Edwards portrait 1925 (F1266 it6489).jpg
| caption          = Edwards, {{circa|1925}}
| constituency_MP  = [[Frontenac (Ontario electoral district)|Frontenac]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[Melzar Avery]]
| successor        = [[William Samuel Reed]]
| term_start       = 1908
| term_end         = 1921

| constituency_MP2 = [[Frontenac—Addington (federal electoral district)|Frontenac—Addington]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = Riding created
| successor2       = [[William Spankie]]
| term_start2      = 1925
| term_end2        = 1929

| birth_date       = {{birth date|1865|5|25}}
| birth_place      = Storrington Township, Canada West
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1929|4|18|1865|5|25}}
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| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
| cabinet          = Minister presiding over the Department of Health (1921)<br />Minister of Immigration and Colonization (1921)
| relations        = 
| children         = 
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}}
'''John Wesley Edwards''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (May 25, 1865 &ndash; April 18, 1929) was a [[Canadian]] politician.

Born in Storrington Township, [[Canada West]], he was a physician and teacher, before being elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the riding of [[Frontenac (Ontario electoral district)|Frontenac]] in the [[1908 Canadian federal election|1908 federal election]]. A [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]], he was re-elected in [[1911 Canadian federal election|1911]] and [[1917 Canadian federal election|1917]] but was defeated in [[1921 Canadian federal election|1921]]. He was re-elected again in [[1925 Canadian federal election|1925]] and [[1926 Canadian federal election|1926]]. He died in office in 1929. In 1921, he was the Minister presiding over the Department of Health and [[List of Canadian Ministers of Immigration and Colonization|Minister of Immigration and Colonization]].

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[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada]]
[[Category:Unionist Party (Canada) MPs]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]