Gerald Hugh Brabazon

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Gerald Hugh Brabazon
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Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pontiac
In office
1904–1908
Preceded byThomas Murray
Succeeded byGeorge Frederick Hodgins
In office
1911–1917
Preceded byGeorge Frederick Hodgins
Succeeded byFrank S. Cahill
Personal details
Born(1854-12-07)7 December 1854
Montreal, Quebec
Died27 December 1938(1938-12-27) (aged 84)
Political partyConservative

Gerald Hugh Brabazon (7 December 1854 – 27 December 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 House of Commons of Canada 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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