{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{about||the Wisconsin political and business leader|Edward D. Holton|the Medal of Honor recipient|Edward A. Holton}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Edward Holton | honorific_suffix = | image = EdwardHolton23.jpg | constituency_MP = Châteauguay | parliament = Canadian | predecessor = Luther Hamilton Holton | successor = James Pollock Brown | term_start = 1880 | term_end = 1891 | birth_date = {{birth date|1844|9|1}} | birth_place = Montreal, Canada East | death_date = {{death date and age|1907|8|10|1844|9|1}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''Edward Holton''' (September 1, 1844 – August 10, 1907) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Châteauguay in the House of Commons of Canada from 1880 to 1891 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Luther Hamilton Holton and Eliza Forbes, was educated at McGill University and was called to the Quebec bar in 1867. For a time, he served in the Prince of Wales Rifles. He set up practice in Montreal. Holton was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1880 by-election held after the death of his father and served until his retirement for politics in 1891. In 1873, he married Helen Ford. Holton was managing director and then president of the ''Herald'' printing company in Montreal.
== Electoral history == By-election: On Mr. Holton's death, 14 March 1880
{{CanElec1-by|17 April 1880}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Edward Holton |838}} {{CANelec|CA|Unknown|P. Laberge |725}} {{end}} {{1882 Canadian federal election/Châteauguay}} {{1887 Canadian federal election/Châteauguay}}
== References == * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16800}} * {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.02221/506 |page=474 |title=The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: a handbook of Canadian biography |date=1898 |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry James |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |publisher=William Briggs |location=Toronto |edition=First}} *[http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=103372&lang=eng Edward Holton fonds - Library and Archives Canada]
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