Edward John Barker Pense (June 3, 1848[1] – May 7, 1910[2]) was a newspaper editor and owner and a politician in Ontario, Canada.
[2] He was born in Kingston, the son of Michael Lorenzo Pense, a printer and one-time owner of the Kingston Argus, and Harriet Grace Barker, the daughter of Edward John Barker, owner of the British Whig.
He represented Frontenac ward on Kingston city council for five years before becoming mayor.
[1] Pense was first elected to the Ontario assembly in a 1901 by-election held after William Harty resigned to run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons.
[3][4] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1908, losing to William Folger Nickle.