Gordon Cameron Edwards, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Thurso, Quebec, Canada
About Gordon Cameron Edwards
- Gordon Cameron Edwards (12 November 1866 – 2 November 1946) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Thurso and became a lumber merchant. The son of John Cameron Edwards and Margaret Cameron, and a nephew of William Cameron Edwards, he was president of Ottawa-based companies W.C.
- Edwards and Company Limited and Edwards Lumber and Pulp Limited.
- His brother Cameron Macpherson Edwards would also be President of W.C.
- Edwards and owned Harrington Lake (now retreat of the Prime Minister of Canada).
- He was also president, vice-president and director of various other firms.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.
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