Edgar Dewdney
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Edgar Dewdney PC |
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| 5th Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia | |
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In office November 1, 1892 – November 18, 1897 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General |
The Lord Stanley of Preston The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Premier |
Theodore Davie John Herbert Turner |
| Preceded by | Hugh Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Robert McInnes |
| 4th Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories | |
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In office December 3, 1881 – July 1, 1888 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governor General |
Marquess of Lorne The Marquess of Lansdowne The Lord Stanley of Preston |
| Preceded by | David Laird |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Royal |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Yale |
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In office October 12, 1872 – June 6, 1879 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Francis Jones Barnard |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Assiniboia East |
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In office September 12, 1888 – October 26, 1892 |
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| Preceded by | William Dell Perley |
| Succeeded by | William Walter McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 5, 1835 Bideford, England |
| Died | August 8, 1916 (aged 80) Victoria, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Shaw Moir (m. 1864) |
| Occupation | engineer, railway surveyor |
| Profession | Politician |
Edgar Dewdney, PC (November 5, 1835 – August 8, 1916) was a Canadian surveyor, road builder, Indian commissioner and politician born in Devonshire, England. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and the fifth Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
Following his education in civil engineering, he emigrated from England to British Columbia in 1859. In 1864, Dewdney married Jane Shaw Moir, the daughter of a tea plantation owner from Ceylon. This marriage was without issue.
Dewdney was originally employed as a surveyor, and supervised the survey of New Westminster. In 1865, Dewdney was appointed by Governor Frederick Seymour to oversee the construction of a trail to the East Kootenay region of the British Columbia Interior so that coastal merchants might benefit from the burgeoning trade associated with gold mining in that area but also to secure line of communication with the region to prevent an American takeover of that part of the province. Although used for only a few years, parts of the Dewdney Trail, as it was known, remain to this day and are used for recreational hiking. Provincial Highway 3 largely follows the route of the Dewdney Trail.
From 1868 to 1869, Dewdney became active in Colonial politics, representing the electoral district of Kootenay in the Legislative Council of British Columbia. After the Colony joined Canadian Confederation in 1871, he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Yale following his election in 1872. He was appointed a member of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's cabinet in 1879, where he served as Indian commissioner for the North-West Territories until 1888.
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