Edgar Nelson Rhodes

Senate of Canada, Conservative Party of Canada (1867 1942), Member of Parliament, House of Commons of Canada
Herausgegeben:Olegario Máximo, Carleton

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edgar Nelson Rhodes, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian from Nova Scotia. Rhodes was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1908 as a member of the Conservative Party. In January 1917, he became Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons when his predecessor, Albert Sévigny, was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet. Rhodes was highly regarded as Speaker and retained the position following the 1917 election that fall, becoming the first Speaker since James Cockburn to preside over more than one Parliament. In 1921, he was made a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada before retiring from politics to become president of the British-American Nickel Company.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Ject Press
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786138044888
• ISBN-10: 6138044886
• Artikelnr.: 34495181