predecessor smallimage parliament successor constituency_mp birth_place death_date death_place party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
william gibson district was created edward arthur lancaster.jpg canadian canadian district was abolished james dew chaplin lincoln and niagara lincoln london , england 04 january 1916 st. catharines , ontario conservative 22 september 1860 1900 1904 edward arthur lancaster
 1904 1916 edward arthur lancaster
edward arthur lancaster

edward arthur lancaster -lrb- september 22 , 1860 -- january 4 , 1916 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
born in london , england , lancaster was educated at the public and high schools of london , ontario and at osgoode hall .
he practised law in st. catharines .
in 1885 , he married mary h.c. pettit .
a lawyer by profession , he was first returned to parliament in the general elections of 1900 for the ontario electoral district of lincoln and niagara .
a conservative , he was re-elected in 1904 , 1908 , and 1911 .
he died in office in 1916 in st. catharines .
