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About Edward August
- Edward Arthur August (15 May 1860 – 31 December 1935) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party. August was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of William August and Mary Ann Ward, and was educated at Horning's Mills in the same province.
- He worked as a canner, and moved to the Carman district of Manitoba in 1899.
- In 1884, he married Isabella, the daughter of Robert McGhee.
- A devout Methodist, he was also active in Christian outreach. August served on his local municipal council from 1902 to 1904.
- In the 1907 election, he contested the provincial riding of Dufferin against Conservative Premier Rodmond Roblin.
- Roblin won the challenge by 171 votes.
- August challenged Roblin again in the 1914 election, and lost by 139 votes. Roblin's government was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal in 1915, and the Liberal Party won a landslide majority government in that year's provincial election.
- August defeated his Conservative opponent, A.S.
- Argue, by 286 votes.
- In the legislature, he served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's ministry. The Liberals were reduced to a minority government in the 1920 provincial election.
- August was re-elected, defeating Conservative candidate Alexander Morrison by 77 votes.
- He did not seek re-election in 1922.August died at Dufferin, Manitoba in 1935.
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