Edward Guss Porter | |
Honorific-Suffix: | K.C. |
Smallimage: | Edward Guss Porter.jpg |
Constituency Mp: | Hastings West |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Henry Corby, Jr. |
Successor: | Charles Edward Hanna |
Term Start: | 1902 |
Term End: | 1924 |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1859 |
Birth Place: | Consecon, Canada West |
Party: | Conservative |
Edward Guss Porter (May 28, 1859 - December 23, 1929) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Consecon, Prince Edward County, Canada West,[1] the son of Robert and Hannah Porter, Porter was educated at Albert College.[1] A lawyer, he was head of the firm Butler and Payne of Belleville, Ontario, he was a Belleville alderman for five years[1] and Mayor of the City of Belleville, Ontario in 1891. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Hastings West in a 1902 by-election, after the sitting MP, Henry Corby, resigned. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the following six federal elections. He resigned from parliament in 1924 in order to force a by-election as a protest against Murdock-Home Bank but was defeated. He died on 23 December 1929 and was buried in the Belleville Cemetery.[1] [2] [3] [4]