Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett Explained

Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett
Riding:Springfield
Parliament:Canadian
Term Start:September 14, 1926
Term End:July 27, 1930
Predecessor:Thomas Hay
Successor:Thomas Hay
Birth Date:3 May 1889
Birth Place:Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profession:Physician, surgeon
Party:Liberal-Progressive

Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett (May 3, 1890  - January 14, 1990) was a Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada.

A surgeon by profession, Bissett first ran for federal office in the 1925 federal election as a Liberal candidate in Springfield, Manitoba but was defeated. He ran again in 1926 as a Liberal-Progressive and was successful against Conservative incumbent Thomas Hay and Labour candidate Thomas Dunn. He sat as a backbench supporter of the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King until he was defeated in the 1930 federal election.

His daughter, Joan Bissett Neiman, was a Liberal Senator from 1972 to 1995.

The mining community of Bissett, Manitoba was named for him.