Egan Chambers (March 22, 1921 – May 5, 1994) was a

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politician. Born in

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, he was educated at Selwyn House School and

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.Godin put his chips on Chambers to find jobs for minorities
/ref> He was elected to the

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in the 1958 federal election in the riding of St. Lawrence—St. George. A Progressive Conservative, he was defeated in

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

. He also ran unsuccessfully in the

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

elections and a 1954

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. From 1959 to 1961 and in 1962, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers of National Defence

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and

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. He was the husband of journalist Gretta Chambers and brother-in-law of philosopher Charles Taylor. Chambers is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

Electoral record (partial)

Electoral record (partial)

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