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| name = Egan Chambers<br />
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| constituency_MP = [[St. Lawrence—St. George]]<br />
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| predecessor = [[Claude Richardson]]<br />
| successor = [[John Turner]]<br />
| term_start = 1958<br />
| term_end = 1962<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|03|22}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|05|05|1921|03|22}}<br />
| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br />
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| spouse = [[Gretta Chambers]]<br />
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]<br />
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'''Egan Chambers''' (March 22, 1921 &ndash; May 5, 1994) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.<br />
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Born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], he was educated at [[Selwyn House School]]<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/selwynhouseschoo1958selw/selwynhouseschoo1958selw_djvu.txt Selwyn House School Yearbook 1958]</ref> and [[Bishop's College School]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19810928&id=44AxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9KQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1097,3557485&hl=en Godin put his chips on Chambers to find jobs for minorities]</ref> He was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958 federal election]] in the riding of [[St. Lawrence—St. George]]. A [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]], he was defeated in [[1962 Canadian federal election|1962]]. He also ran unsuccessfully in the [[1953 Canadian federal election|1953]], [[1957 Canadian federal election|1957]], [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965]] elections and a 1954 [[by-election]]. From 1959 to 1961 and in 1962, he was the [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Ministers of National Defence]] [[George Pearkes]] and [[Douglas Harkness]].<br />
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He was the husband of journalist [[Gretta Chambers]] and brother-in-law of philosopher [[Charles Taylor (philosopher)|Charles Taylor]]. Chambers is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.<br />
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==Electoral record (partial)==<br />
{{1962 Canadian federal election/St. Lawrence—St. George}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11335}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of Bishop's College School alumni]]<br />
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