Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett
- Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett (May 3, 1890 – January 14, 1990) was a Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada. A surgeon by profession, Bissett first ran for federal office in the 1925 federal election as a Liberal candidate in Springfield, Manitoba but was defeated.
- He ran again in 1926 as a Liberal-Progressive and was successful against Conservative incumbent Thomas Hay and Labour candidate Thomas Dunn.
- He sat as a backbench supporter of the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King until he was defeated in the 1930 federal election. His daughter, Joan Bissett Neiman, was a Liberal Senator from 1972 to 1995. The mining community of Bissett, Manitoba was named for him.
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