Elijah Edmund Spencer, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Elijah Edmund Spencer

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1846

Date of Death: 07-Aug-1919

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Elijah Edmund Spencer

  • Elijah Edmund Spencer (19 April 1846 – 7 August 1919) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Born in Saint-Armand-Est (Frelighsburg), Canada East, the son of United Empire Loyalists Ambrose S.
  • Spencer and Mary Thomas, Spencer was educated at the Frelighsburg Grammar School and then studied in Poughkeepsie, New York.
  • A farmer, he was president of the Missisquoi County Agricultural Society.
  • He was also president of the Missisquoi and Rouville Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Missisquoi in 1881.
  • A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1886 but the election was declare invalid in 1887.
  • He was re-elected in the resulting by-election in 1888 and again in 1890 and 1892.
  • He was defeated in 1897.
  • He then was a municipal councillor of Frelighsburg from 1898 to 1901 and was mayor from 1901 to 1905.
  • He was Prefect of the county from 1902 to 1907.

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