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Gerald Hugh Brabazon

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Preceded by
  
Thomas Murray

Role
  
Politician

Succeeded by
  
Frank S. Cahill

Died
  
December 27, 1938

Political party
  
Conservative

Resigned
  
1917

Name
  
Gerald Brabazon


Gerald Hugh Brabazon

Succeeded by
  
George Frederick Hodgins

Preceded by
  
George Frederick Hodgins

Born
  
December 7, 1854 Montreal, Quebec (
1854-12-07
)

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

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

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Samuel L. Brabazon and Margaret Clarke both from Ireland, Brabazon was a civil engineer. He 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 Canadian House of Commons 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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