Edward Holton was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Châteauguay

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1880 to 1891 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Montreal

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, Canada East

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, the son of Luther Hamilton Holton

Luther Hamilton Holton

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 and Eliza Forbes, was educated at McGill University

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and was called to the Quebec bar in 1867. For a time, he served in the Prince of Wales Rifles. He set up practice in Montreal. Holton was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1880 by-election held after the death of his father and served until his retirement for politics in 1891. In 1873, he married Helen Ford. Holton was managing director and then president of the Herald printing company in Montreal.