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Edward Walter Rathbun (December 28, 1865 – September 6, 1940) was a business owner and politician in
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, 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 of 1867 which divided the County of Hasti ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
from 1905 to 1908 as an independent Liberal. From 1914, Rathbun was the mayor of Deseronto. The son of Edward Wilkes Rathbun 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. 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 (''Corps forestier canadien'' in French) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge, and other insignia and traditions. The Canadian Forestry Corps was created 14 Nov 1916. The badge of t ...
. 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
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in Scotland for burial.


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* 1865 births 1940 deaths Mayors of places in Ontario Independent MPPs in Ontario Businesspeople from Ontario {{Ontario-MPP-stub