Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett

Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett (May 3, 1890 January 14, 1990) was a Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada.

Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett
Member of Parliament
for Springfield
In office
September 14, 1926  July 27, 1930
Preceded byThomas Hay
Succeeded byThomas Hay
Personal details
Born(1889-05-03)May 3, 1889
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedJanuary 14, 1990(1990-01-14) (aged 99)
Political partyLiberal-Progressive
ProfessionPhysician, surgeon

A surgeon by profession, Bissett first ran for federal office in the 1925 federal election as a Liberal candidate in Springfield, Manitoba but was defeated. He ran again in 1926 as a Liberal-Progressive and was successful against Conservative incumbent Thomas Hay and Labour candidate Thomas Dunn. He sat as a backbench supporter of the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King until he was defeated in the 1930 federal election.

His daughter, Joan Bissett Neiman, was a Liberal Senator from 1972 to 1995.

The mining community of Bissett, Manitoba was named for him.


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