William Cameron Edwards
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William Cameron Edwards (7 May 1844 – 17 September 1921) was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian.[1]
He was born in Clarence Township in Russell County, Canada West[1] the son of William Edwards and Ann Cameron,[2] received basic schooling in Ottawa at the District Grammar School [3] and, at a young age, began work in the timber industry at Thurso, Quebec. He founded W.C. Edwards & Company which built large sawmills at Rockland and New Edinburgh. Up until 1920, Edwards' company also operated a sawmill on the Petite-Nation River in Quebec at North Nation Mills, north of Plaisance.[4]
In 1885, he married Catherine Wilson.[2]
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. On 17 March 1903 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada upon the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the senatorial division of Russell County, Ontario until his death[1] in Ottawa.[2]
At one time, Edwards owned the residence at 24 Sussex Drive, having purchased it from Joseph Merrill Currier in 1902.[5] Ironically his nephew Cameron Macpherson Edwards's home, Harrington Lake, is now the country retreat of the Prime Minister of Canada.
Edwards was also president of Canada Cement Company, was a noted livestock breeder and served as president of the Russell Agricultural Society.[4]
His nephew Gordon Cameron Edwards also served in the House of Commons of Canada.[5]
Electoral record
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| By-election: On Mr. Edwards being unseated for bribery, 7 May 1888 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | William Cameron Edwards | 2,166 | Unknown | Charles Herbert Mackintosh | 1,963 | |
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- ↑ a b c William Cameron Edwards – Parliament of Canada biography
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- ↑ Lisgar Alumni Association. A History of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, 1843–1903. 1904.
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- People from Clarence-Rockland
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni
- 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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- 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada