Edward Guss Porter (May 28, 1859 – December 23, 1929) was a Canadian politician. Born in Consecon, Prince Edward County, Canada West, the son of Robert and Hannah Porter, Porter was educated at Albert College. A lawyer, he was head of the firm Butler and Payne of Belleville, Ontario, he was a Belleville alderman for five years and Mayor of the City of Belleville, Ontario in 1891. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of

Hastings West Hastings West was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Hastin ...

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, after the sitting MP,

Henry Corby Henry Corby (1806 – 25 October 1881) was an Ontario baker, businessman, and politician. Born and raised in England, Corby immigrated to Upper Canada in 1832. After building businesses in Belleville, Ontario, he served as the 9th mayor of Bell ...

, resigned. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the following six federal elections. He resigned from parliament in 1924 in order to force a by-election as a protest against

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- Home Bank but was defeated.The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures
of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904. Retrieved from Archive.org

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* * 1859 births 1929 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Mayors of Belleville, Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Prince Edward County, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub