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henry corby , jr. . edward guss porter.jpg canadian charles edward hanna hastings west consecon , canada west 23 december 1929 conservative 28 may 1859 1902 edward guss porter
 1924 edward guss porter
edward guss porter

edward guss porter -lrb- may 28 , 1859 -- december 23 , 1929 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
born in consecon , prince edward county , canada west , the son of robert and hannah porter , porter was educated at albert college .
a lawyer , he was an alderman for five years and mayor of the city of belleville , ontario in 1891 .
he was elected to the canadian house of commons for the electoral district of hastings west in a 1902 by-election , after the sitting mp , henry corby , resigned .
a conservative , he was re-elected in the following six federal elections .
he resigned from parliament in 1924 in order to force a by-election as a protest against murdock-home bank but was defeated .
