Edward Briggs (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Edward Briggs (politician)
- Edward Briggs (February 25, 1854 – December 14, 1941) was a farmer and political figure in Manitoba.
- He represented Deloraine from 1903 to 1907 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born in Bayfield, Canada West, the son of James E.
- Briggs and Anna Bennett Hayter, and was educated in Huron County.
- In 1877, he married Ellen Robinson.
- Briggs was employed in the boot and shoe business in Huron County until 1882, when he came west to Manitoba, settling on a homestead south of Hartney.
- He served as municipal assessor and also served on the council for the Rural Municipality of Cameron.
- He was president of the Farmers' Institute and of the North-West Auctioneers' Association.
- Briggs was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Manitoba assembly in 1907.He died in Hartney at the age of 87.
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