About Edmund Heath
Lived 1813 – 1883 (aged 69). Edmund Heath was a Canadian politician and land agent.
Edmund Heath (September 13, 1813 – January 21, 1883) was a Quebec lumber merchant and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Pontiac.
He was born in Bristol, England in 1813. He settled in Clarendon township in Lower Canada, where he entered the timber trade. Heath helped found the Bytown and Prescott Railway in 1853. In 1855, he was appointed Crown lands agent at Fort-Coulonge. He also served as major in the Pontiac county militia. He was elected to the 6th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Pontiac in 1857; he was defeated in the election of 1861. In 1867, he was elected to the House of Commons.
He died at Clarendon in 1883.
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Who was Edmund Heath?
Canadian politician
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Edmund Heath was born on 13 September 1813 in Bristol.
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Edmund Heath died on 21 January 1883 in Clarendon.
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Edmund Heath was a politician and land agent.
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Edmund Heath was Canadian.
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