William Edwards

Background

Edwards was born in Dover, England, the son of John Edwards, came to Canada West with his family in 1862 and was educated in Toronto.

Career

He represented Toronto Northwest and then Bellwoods in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1924 to 1929 as a Conservative member. He was a prominent businessman in the city as proprietor of J.E. Edwards & Sons Leather Good Manufacturers. He was also known as a mining pioneer working with Adam Wright in the early days of Cobalt, Ontario.

He died in 1950.

He was the first president of the South York riding association and also served as president for West New York He was elected in 1924 in a by-election in the riding of Toronto Northwest. Pundits remarked that the voter turnout was unusually light with less than 10,000 votes cast.

He was re-elected in the 1926 provincial election in the newly created riding of Bellwoods.

He declined to run in the 1929 election.

Politics

He defeated Arthur Frost of the Labour-Prohibitionist Party by 4,622 votes.

Membership

Edwards was a prominent member of the Conservative Party establishment in Toronto.

Connections

opponent:

Judge-Advocate Young