Lemuel Cushing (1842 – March 1, 1881) was a lawyer and politician in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1874 to 1875 as a

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member. He was born in Chatham,

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, the son of Lemuel Cushing and Catherine Hutchins, was educated at

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and was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1865. He practised law in

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. In 1869, Cushing married Ellen Myra Macdougall. He was president of the Montreal Y.M.C.A. from 1869 to 1870. Cushing was defeated by

John Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892. He held office as the leader of the Conservative Party. Abbo ...

in the 1874 federal election. After Abbott was unseated after an appeal, Cushing won the subsequent by-election in October 1874. The results of the by-election were declared void after an appeal and

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was elected in December 1875. In 1877, he published ''The Genealogy of the Cushing Family''. Cushing died in Montreal at the age of 39.

Electoral record

By-election: On Mr. Abbott being unseated, on petition: , - ,

Lemuel Cushing, Jr. Lemuel Cushing (1842 – March 1, 1881) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec. He represented Argenteuil (electoral district), Argenteuil in the House of Commons of Canada from 1874 to 1875 as a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal member. He ...

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1842 births 1881 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs McGill University alumni Anglophone Quebec people Canadian people of American descent 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub