Edmund James Bristol

The Hon. Edmund James Bristol
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto Centre
In office 1905–1925
Preceded by	Edward Frederick Clarke
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1924
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto East Centre
In office 1925–1926
Preceded by	District was created in 1924
Succeeded by	Robert Charles Matthews
Personal details
Born	September 4, 1861 Napanee, Upper Canada
Died	July 14, 1927 (aged 65) Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Minister Without Portfolio (1921)
Religion	Anglican

Edmund James Bristol, PC (September 4, 1861 – July 14, 1927) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Napanee, Canada West, now Southern Ontario the son of Amos Samuel Bristol and Sarah Minerva Everitt (Everett), Bristol was educated at the Napanee High School, Upper Canada College and University of Toronto where he graduated a B.A. in 1883. He studied at Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1886. A lawyer, he was a partner in the Toronto law form of Howland, Arnoldi, and Bristol. He was named a federal Queen's Counsel in 1896 and an Ontario King's Counsel in 1908.

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Toronto Centre in a 1905 by-election. He was re-elected in 1908, 1911, 1917, 1921, and 1925. In 1921, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the Arthur Meighen cabinet.

Family

Mrs Dorothy Bristol née Armour

Edmund Bristol, then a prominent member of the Ontario Bar and a local leader of the Conservative party, married Mary Dorothy Armour on September 2ist, 1889. At the time, her father Mr. John Douglas Armour, was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.^[1]

References

1. Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903)

• "Edmund James Bristol". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.
• Edmund James Bristol – Parliament of Canada biography