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John Wesley Edwards

John Wesley Edwards

Canadian politician

John Wesley Edwards, PC (May 25, 1865 – April 18, 1929) was a Canadian politician.

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Born in Storrington Township, Canada West, he was a physician and teacher, before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada 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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