Gerald Hugh Brabazon Explained

Gerald Hugh Brabazon
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Constituency Mp:Pontiac
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Thomas Murray
Successor:George Frederick Hodgins
Term Start:1904
Term End:1908
Predecessor2:George Frederick Hodgins
Successor2:Frank S. Cahill
Term Start2:1911
Term End2:1917
Birth Date:1854 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Montreal, Canada East
Party:Conservative

Gerald Hugh Brabazon (7 December 1854  - 27 December 1938) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Montreal, Canada East on 7 December 1854, the son of Samuel L. Brabazon and Margaret Clarke both from Ireland, Brabazon was a civil engineer. He was mayor of Portage-du-Fort, Quebec for 18 years and Warden of Pontiac County for 12 years. He served under Frederick Dobson Middleton in the North-West Rebellion in 1885, as a first lieutenant in Dennis's Scouts. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in Pontiac in the general elections of 1900 but was elected in 1904. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1908 and was elected in 1911.

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