Christian Henry Pozer was a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer and politician.

Born in St-Georges d'Aubert Gallion (now St-Georges-de-Beauce

Saint-Georges, Quebec

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), Beauce, Lower Canada

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 (now Quebec

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), the son of William Pozer and Ann Milbourne, he was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1860.

In 1863, he ran as a Liberal for the National Assembly of Quebec

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 in the riding of Beauce

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 and was defeated. He was elected in 1867

Quebec general election, 1867

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 and re-elected in 1871

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. He resigned in 1874.

At the same time, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Beauce in 1867

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. A Liberal

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 he was re-elected in 1872

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 and 1874

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.

He resigned from the House of Commons when he was appointed a Senator in 1876 representing the senatorial division of Lauzon, Quebec. He died in office in 1884 and was buried in the Pozer Cemeterey in St-Georges-de-Beauce

Saint-Georges, Quebec

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.

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