John Wesley Edwards
Politician
1865 – 1929
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Who was John Wesley Edwards?
John Wesley Edwards, PC was a Canadian politician.
Born in Storrington Township, Canada West, he was a physician and teacher, before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Frontenac in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911 and 1917 but was defeated in 1921. He was re-elected again in 1925 and 1926. He died in office in 1929. In 1921, he was the Minister presiding over the Department of Health and Minister of Immigration and Colonization.
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