riding death_date predecessor successor birth_place imagesize profession party birth_date spouse term_start birthname article_title term_end name
waterloo south 3 june 1938 william elliott karl kenneth homuth bothwell , ontario 150px manufacturer , pharmacist conservative -lrb- 1867-1942 -rrb- 7 april 1876 laura clare october 1925 alexander mckay edwards alexander edwards -lrb- politician -rrb-
 june 1938 alexander edwards
alexander edwards -lrb- politician -rrb-

alexander mckay edwards -lrb- 7 april 1876 -- 3 june 1938 -rrb- was a conservative member of the canadian house of commons .
he was born in bothwell , ontario and became a manufacturer and pharmacist .
the son of charles edwards and annie mckay , edwards attended the ontario college of pharmacy .
besides his work as a pharmacist , he also was president of galt stove and furnace .
in 1905 , he married laura clare .
he was an alderman for galt for eight years , and mayor of the municipality in 1916 and 1917 .
edwards was first elected to parliament at the waterloo south riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in 1926 , 1930 and 1935 .
edwards died at his residence in galt on 3 june 1938 from a heart attack before he had completed his term in the 18th canadian parliament .
he was survived by his wife , a son and a daughter .
