Gordon Cameron Edwards (12 November 1866 – 2 November 1946) was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Thurso

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 and became a lumber merchant.

The son of John Cameron Edwards and Margaret Cameron, and a nephew of William Cameron Edwards

William Cameron Edwards

William Cameron Edwards was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian.He was born in Clarence Township in Russell County, Ontario in 1844, the son of William Edwards and Ann Cameron, received basic schooling in Ottawa and, at a young age, began work in the timber industry at Thurso, Quebec. He...

, he was president of Ottawa-based companies W.C. Edwards and Company Ltd. and Edwards Lumber and Pulp Ltd. He was also president, vice-president and director of various other firms.

He was elected to Parliament at the City of Ottawa

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 riding with fellow Liberal Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier

Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier

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 in the 1926 general election

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. After completing his only term in the House of Commons, the 16th Canadian Parliament

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, Edwards left federal politics and did not seek re-election in the 1930 vote

Canadian federal election, 1930

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.

In 1923, he became owner of the residence at 24 Sussex Drive

24 Sussex Drive

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. 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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