Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
Christian Henry Pozer | |
Smallimage: | Christian Pozer.jpg |
Appointed: | Alexander Mackenzie |
Predecessor: | Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry |
Successor: | Joseph Bolduc |
Term Start: | September 20, 1876 |
Term End: | July 18, 1884 |
Constituency Mp2: | Beauce |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Successor2: | Joseph Bolduc |
Term Start2: | 1867 |
Term End2: | 1876 |
Office3: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauce |
Successor3: | François-Xavier Dulac |
Term Start3: | 1867 |
Term End3: | 1874 |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1835 |
Birth Place: | manor-house in the seigneury of Aubert-Gallion in Beauce, Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Saint-Georges, Quebec |
Party: | Liberal |
Otherparty: | Quebec Liberal Party |
Christian Henry Pozer (December 26, 1835 - July 18, 1884) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in St-Georges d'Aubert Gallion (now Saint-Georges), Beauce, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of William Pozer and Ann Milbourne, he was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1860.
In 1863, he ran as a Liberal for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the riding of Beauce and was defeated. He was elected in 1867 and re-elected in 1871. He resigned in 1874.
At the same time, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Beauce in 1867. A Liberal he was re-elected in 1872 and 1874.
He resigned from the House of Commons when he was appointed a Senator in 1876 representing the senatorial division of Lauzon, Quebec. He died in office in 1884 and was buried in the Pozer Cemetery in St-Georges-de-Beauce.[1]