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Edward Walter Rathbun (December 28, 1865 – September 6, 1940) was a business owner and politician in
Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
, Canada. He represented
Hastings East Hastings East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act 1867 which divided the County of Hastin ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ...
from 1905 to 1908 as an independent Liberal. From 1914, Rathbun was the mayor of
Deseronto Deseronto is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, in Hastings County, located at the mouth of the Napanee River on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, on the northern side of Lake Ontario. It is located 5 km from Highway 401, is the east ...
. The son of
Edward Wilkes Rathbun Edward Wilkes Rathbun (October 4, 1842 – November 24, 1903) was an American-born entrepreneur and political figure in Ontario, Canada. The son of Hugo Burghardt Rathbun and Louisa Storm, he was born in Auburn, New York, was educated in New Y ...
and Elizabeth How Burt, he was born in Deseronto. Rathbun took over the operation of the family lumber company following his father's death in 1903. The Rathbun Company also operated the
Bay of Quinte Railway The Bay of Quinte Railway was a short-line railway in eastern Ontario, Canada. It was formed as the Napanee, Tamworth and Quebec Railway (NT&QR), chartered in 1878 by Edward Rathbun and Alexander Campbell, with plans to run from Napanee thr ...
. Rathbun was lieutenant-colonel in the local militia and went overseas as the leader of a brigade in the Canadian Field Artillery in 1915. In 1916, he transferred to the
Canadian Forestry Corps The Canadian Forestry Corps () was an Corps#Administrative, administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge and other insignia and traditions. The Canadian Forestry Corps was created 14 November 1916. The badge of the Canadian ...
. Rathbun also served as mayor of Deseronto. In 1893, Rathbun married Aileen Blair in England. He died in Deseronto at the age of 74. He was cremated in Toronto and his ashes were sent to
Nairn Nairn (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland Council council areas of Scotland, area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nair ...
in Scotland for burial.


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* 1865 births 1940 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario Independent MPPs in Ontario Businesspeople from Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Ontario-MPP-stub