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.