Edmund Heath Explained

Edmund Heath
Constituency Mp:Pontiac
Parliament:Canadian
Successor:William McKay Wright
Term Start:1867
Term End:1872
Birth Date:13 September 1813
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Death Place:Clarendon, Quebec
Party:Conservative

Edmund Heath (September 13, 1813  - January 21, 1883) was a Quebec lumber merchant and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Pontiac.

He was born in Bristol, England in 1813. He settled in Clarendon township in Lower Canada, where he entered the timber trade. Heath helped found the Bytown and Prescott Railway in 1853. In 1855, he was appointed Crown lands agent at Fort-Coulonge. He also served as major in the Pontiac county militia. He was elected to the 6th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Pontiac in 1857; he was defeated in the election of 1861. In 1867, he was elected to the House of Commons.

He died at Clarendon in 1883.