John Henry Edmison (1875-1932)

Physician, MLA (1923-1927), MLA (1927-1932).

Born at Waterdown, Ontario on 5 April 1875, son of Reverend Henry Edmison and Mrs. Edmison, brother-in-law of H. G. Pickard, he was educated at Owen Sound Collegiate and Queen’s University before coming to Manitoba in the 1890s. He graduated from the Manitoba Medical College and practiced for several years at Dunrea, Manitoba before moving to Brandon in 1908. He served as medical examiner for a number of insurance companies and, in 1931, was President of the Medical Council of Manitoba.

On 3 April 1901, he married May Adelaide McMillan (?-1930). They had two sons and two daughters. He was elected in 1923 to represent Brandon in Manitoba Legislature as an Independent and was re-elected in 1927. He was a member of the AF & AM, Knight of Pythias, Sons of England, and the Presbyterian Church.

He died at his home in Brandon on 22 March 1932.

Sources:

“J. H. Edmison, legislator and physician, dies”, Winnipeg Tribune, 22 March 1932. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9]

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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