David Edward Price
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Quebec
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businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative
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member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1883.
He was born at Quebec City
Quebec City
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in 1826, the son of William Price
William Price (merchant)
William Price was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.- References :...
, and, after completing his studies, went to London
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, England
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to learn the lumber trade with his father's partners. In 1847, he began work in his father's firm. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
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representing Chicoutimi and Tadoussac in an 1855 by-election; he was elected in Chicoutimi—Saguenay
Chicoutimi—Saguenay
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in 1858, 1861 and 1863. He resigned in 1864 and was elected to the Legislative Council
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
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for the Laurentides division in the same year. He served until Confederation
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when he was appointed to the Senate.
In 1867, with his brothers William Evan
William Evan Price
William Evan Price was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Chicoutimi—Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.-Biography:...
and Evan John, he started Price Brothers and Company, a forest products firm based in the Quebec and Saguenay regions which took over the assets of his father's company. He served as vice-consul at Saguenay for Denmark
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, Sweden
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, Norway
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, Argentina
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and Peru
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, and as a consular agent for the United States
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.
He died at his home in Sillery
Sillery, Quebec
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in 1883, while still in office.