Edward L. Cash was a Canadian

Canada

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 physician and politician.

Born in Markham

Markham, Ontario

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, Canada West, the son of David Cash and Elizebeth Eckardt, Cash received his M.D. from the Victoria University in Cobourg, Ontario

Cobourg, Ontario

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 in 1871. From 1871 to 1896, he resided in United States

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 and was elected County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Rock

Rock County, Nebraska

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 in Nebraska

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. In 1897, he started practicing medicine in Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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. Cash was a founder of the Yorkton Club, an elite social club created on April 3, 1907 under the Yorkton Club Act 1907.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

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 for the electoral district of Mackenzie

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

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 and 1911

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