Albert Edward Kemp
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The Honourable Sir Albert Edward Kemp KCMG PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto East (2nd time) |
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In office 1911–1921 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Russell |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Baird Ryckman |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Toronto East (1st time) |
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In office 1900–1908 |
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| Preceded by | John Ross Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Russell |
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August 11, 1858 Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Canada East |
| Died | August 12, 1929 (aged 71) Pigeon Lake, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
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Unionist |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia Amanda Wilson Virginia Norton Copping |
| Children | Katharine Edward Kemp Alice Irene Kemp Hazel Beatrice Kemp Florence Evelyn Kemp |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | Methodist |
Sir Albert Edward Kemp KCMG PC (August 11, 1858 – August 12, 1929) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Kemp was a Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of Overseas Military Forces during World War I. A Conservative and Unionist, Kemp was elected five times to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for electoral district of Toronto East. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen in 1921.
Edward Kemp was born in Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Quebec in what was then Canada East. Kemp's father was a farmer and country merchant who was an immigrant from Yorkshire, England; his mother was Canadian-born. He was raised near the village of Clarenceville, where he attended Clarenceville Academy, and later studied at the academy in Lacolle, excelling in mathematics, but he did not finish. Leaving home at 16, Kemp headed to Montreal and eventually gaining employment as a bookkeeper at a hardware store.
At the age of 20, Kemp became engaged to Cecilia Wilson. Soon afterwards, he and a partner opened a manufacturing and retailing shop on St Catherine Street in Montreal. He and Cecilia moved to Toronto in 1885, where he entered into partnership with Thomas McDonald, owner of the struggling Dominion Tin and Stamping Works. In 1888 Kemp bought out McDonald and formed the Kemp Manufacturing Company with his younger brother, William Arthur, who had left the lumber trade in Quebec to apply his talents in Toronto. Kemp served as president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association in 1895 and 1896, and as president of the Toronto Board of Trade in 1899 and 1900. The brothers expanded their operations and opened plants in Montreal and Winnipeg, eventually reorganizing their business as the Sheet Metal Products Company of Canada Limited in 1911.
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