Lemuel Cushing Jr.
Lemuel Cushing (1842 – March 1, 1881) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec. He represented Argenteuil in the House of Commons of Canada from 1874 to 1875 as a Liberal member.[1]
Source: Library and Archives Canada
He was born in Chatham, Canada East,[1] the son of Lemuel Cushing and Catherine Hutchins, was educated at McGill University and was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1865.[2] He practised law in Montreal.[3] In 1869, Cushing married Ellen Myra Macdougall.[4] He was president of the Montreal Y.M.C.A. from 1869 to 1870.[2] Cushing was defeated by John Abbott in the 1874 federal election. After Abbott was unseated after an appeal, Cushing won the subsequent by-election in October 1874. The results of the by-election were declared void after an appeal and Thomas Christie was elected in December 1875.[1]
In 1877, he published The Genealogy of the Cushing Family.
Cushing died in Montreal at the age of 39.[3]
Electoral record
By-election: On Mr. Abbott being unseated, on petition:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lemuel Cushing, Jr. | 840 | 53.30 | ||
| Unknown | William Owens | 736 | 46.70 | ||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Argenteuil | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | John Abbott | 731 | 50.14 | |||||
| Unknown | Lemuel Cushing Jr. | 727 | 49.86 | |||||
References
- Lemuel Cushing Jr. – Parliament of Canada biography
- The Canadian parliamentary companion for 1875, HJ Morgan
- Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (1877) Cushing, Lemuel p. 101