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Edward Lewis Fairbanks (1850 – September 14, 1924 [1] ) was a merchant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Baie St. Paul from 1883 to 1886 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative.

Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba form the Legislature of Manitoba, Canada

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The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada and the only right-leaning party in the province. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 provincial election.

He was born in Belle-Rivière, Quebec and was educated at the Carillon Academy. Fairbanks was postmaster at Baie St. Paul, Manitoba from 1878 to 1883. He served as warden for the rural municipality of Belcourt (dissolved in 1890). He was a member of the Board of Agriculture and Statistics for Manitoba. A few years after leaving politics, Fairbanks moved to Ottawa. He died there in 1924. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Edward Lewis Fairbanks (1850-1924)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-06.


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