Edmond Burke Wood | |
Riding1: | Durham West |
Parliament1: | Canadian |
Term Start1: | 1873 |
Term End1: | 1874 |
Predecessor1: | Edward Blake |
Successor1: | Harvey William Burk |
Riding2: | Brant South |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Term Start2: | 1867 |
Term End2: | 1872 |
Predecessor2: | Riding established |
Successor2: | William Paterson |
Office3: | Ontario MPP |
Term Start3: | 1867 |
Term End3: | 1873 |
Predecessor3: | Riding established |
Successor3: | Arthur Sturgis Hardy |
Constituency3: | Brant South |
Party: | Conservative provincially and Liberal federally |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1820 |
Birth Place: | Fort Erie, Ontario |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Spouse: | Jane Augusta Marter (m. 1855) |
Children: | 6 |
Edmund Burke Wood (February 13, 1820 - October 7, 1882) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Brant South, and served as the first provincial treasurer of Ontario from 1867 to 1871 under Premier John Sandfield Macdonald. He also served as a federal Member of Parliament representing the electoral districts of Brant South and Durham West from 1867 - 1874 under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.
He later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Manitoba from 1874 to 1882. He died as Chief Justice in 1882.