Edward Alexander Colquhoun (September 14, 1844 – November 16, 1904) was mayor of

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from 1897 to 1898. He represented Hamilton West in the

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from 1898 to 1902 as a

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member. The son of James Colquhoun, a barrister, he was born in

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and was educated in Berlin (later Kitchener). In 1864, Colquhoun began work with the

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, He joined the

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in 1872; he became bank manager in 1882 and retired in 1887. In 1881, Colquhoun married Evelyn Gourlay. The family lived in Barton lodge on the Hamilton mountain, which had been built by

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, who was Colquhoun's wife's uncle. He was elected to the Ontario assembly in 1898 but was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1902, running as an independent. He died two years later following surgery to remove a growth from his neck. His daughter

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became a writer. Colquhoun Park in Hamilton was created as a memoriam to the Colquhoun estate in land agreement that was made through expropriation and subsequently broken.

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External links

Hamilton Public Library profile
* 1844 births 1904 deaths Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs {{Ontario-mayor-stub