John Henry Edmison (April 5, 1875 – March 22, 1932) was a medical doctor and politician in
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(now
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), the son of Reverend Henry Edmison, and was educated in
Owen Sound
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University of Manitoba
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He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election, for the constituency of Brandon City. In the previous election, vote-splitting between the
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parties in Brandon had resulted in the election of Albert E. Smith, a candidate of the Labour Party. In 1922, Edmison ran as an independent endorsed by both the Liberals and Conservatives, and defeated Smith by 1,221 votes.
Edmison remained an independent throughout his time in the legislature. He was re-elected in the 1927 election, defeating candidates of the Labour and
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parties. Once again, neither the Liberals nor Conservatives fielded a candidate against him.
He died at home in
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