Gerald Hugh Brabazon was a Canadian

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 politician.

Born in Montreal

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, Quebec

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, the son of Samuel L. Brabazon and Margaret Clarke both from Ireland, Brabazon was a civil engineer. He mayor of Portage-du-Fort, Quebec for 18 years and Warden of Pontiac County for 12 years. He served under Frederick Dobson Middleton

Frederick Dobson Middleton

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 in the North-West Rebellion

North-West Rebellion

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 in 1885, as a first Lieutenant in Dennis's Scouts. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Canadian House of Commons

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 in Pontiac

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 in the general elections of 1900

Canadian federal election, 1900

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 but was elected in 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

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. A Conservative

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, he was defeated in 1908

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 and was elected in 1911

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