About Ebenezer Vining Bodwell
Lived 1827 – 1889 (aged 62). Ebenezer Vining Bodwell was a Canadian politician and merchant.
Ebenezer Vining Bodwell (30 April 1827 – 18 October 1889) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Oxford South in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874. His great-grandson, Garth Turner, is a former Canadian Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister.
He was born in Nissouri Township in Middlesex County, Upper Canada in 1827
After the death of George Skeffington Connor in 1863, Bodwell ran in the by-election for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada but was defeated by George Brown. In the 1867 Canadian federal election, he was elected to the House of Commons of the 1st Canadian Parliament from the South Riding of Oxford. In 1875, Bodwell was appointed superintendent for the Welland Canal and served until 1879, when he was named government accountant for the Canadian Pacific Railway and sent to British Columbia.
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Who was Ebenezer Vining Bodwell?
Canadian politician (1827-1889)
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Ebenezer Vining Bodwell was born on 30 April 1827 in Ontario, Upper Canada.
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Ebenezer Vining Bodwell died on 18 October 1889 in Morley, Alberta, Northwest Territories.
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Ebenezer Vining Bodwell was a politician and merchant.
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Ebenezer Vining Bodwell was Canadian.
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