Edward Fearon

Edward Fearon
Member of the North-West Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat
In office
1894–1898
Preceded byThomas Tweed
Succeeded byHorace Albertie Greeley
Personal details
Born(1859-09-20)September 20, 1859
Scotland
DiedNovember 3, 1933(1933-11-03) (aged 74)
Spouse
Annie Hastings
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(m. 1902)​
Occupationrancher

Edward L. Fearon (September 20, 1859 – November 3, 1933) was a Canadian politician. He served on the North-West Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat from 1894 to 1898.

Early life

Fearon was born September 20, 1859, in Scotland.[1] Fearon moved to Kingston, Ontario, in 1878 and joined the North-West Mounted Police where he was stationed at Fort Walsh.[2]

Political life

Fearon contested the 1894 North-West Territories general election in the Medicine Hat electoral district against incumbent Thomas Tweed. In the years prior to the election, the Medicine Hat community became divided with Tweed around the issues of prohibition, hospital supply purchasing and obtaining government contracts for friends.[3] Fearon was a popular rancher near Maple Creek. During the campaign Tweed's opponents depicted him as hostile to labour, against provincehood, and an ineffective representative.[3] Fearon defeated Tweed with 398 votes to Tweed's 309.[4] Fearon did not contest the 1898 North-West Territories general election.[4] When describing Fearon's term in office, Historian L.J. Roy Wilson described Fearon as a "very poor representative".[5]

Later life

Fearon joined the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 and returned to ranching in Maple Creek in 1901.[2] In 1902 he married Annie Hastings.[2] Fearon died on November 3, 1933, at the age of 74.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1897). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son. p. 403.
  2. ^ a b c d "Edward Fearon". The Regina Leader-Post. November 8, 1933. p. 12.
  3. ^ a b Wilson, L.J. Roy (1994). "Tweed, Thomas Andrew". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  4. ^ a b Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (2009). "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876–1905" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  5. ^ Wilson 1987, p. 12.
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