Edward Alexander Colquhoun

Edward Alexander Colquhoun (September 14, 1844 – November 16, 1904) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from 1897 to 1898.

He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 as a Conservative member.

[1][2] The son of James Colquhoun, a barrister, he was born in Ayr, Canada West and was educated in Berlin, Ontario (later Kitchener).

[1] The family lived in Barton lodge on the Hamilton mountain,[3] which had been built by James Matthew Whyte,[4] who was Colquhoun's wife's uncle.

He was elected to the Ontario assembly in 1898, but was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1902, running as an independent.