Edmund Leavens Chandler
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Quebec
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. He represented Brome
Brome (electoral district)
Brome was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925....
in the Canadian House of Commons
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from 1879 to 1880 as a Liberal
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member.
He was born in Frelighsburg
Frelighsburg, Quebec
Frelighsburg, is a municipality located in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, which is part of the administrative region of the Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,030...
, Missisquoi County
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, Lower Canada
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, the son of Horace Mitchell and Lydia Leavens. After completing his education, Chandler taught school for several years and then worked as secretary for realty dealers in Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts
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for about five years. In 1855, he settled at Brome Corner (later Brome
Brome, Quebec
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) in Canada East
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and entered business there as a general merchant with Henry Rogers. Chander also served as secretary-treasurer for the Brome County
Brome County, Quebec
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council and chairman of Brome township's board of school commissioners. In 1860, he married Amanda Jane Darling. Chandler was mayor of Brome township and warden of Brome County from 1868 to 1872. He helped promote the development of the South-Eastern Railway, later bought by the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
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, and served as its secretary-treasurer. Chandler died in office at Brome Corner at the age of 50.