Edward Lockyer

Edward Russell Lockyer (25 December 1899 – 5 October 1958) was a Canadian businessman and politician.

Lockyer served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Lockyer was born in rural Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

In 1918, he moved to Toronto and entered the clothing business, but switched industries by 1929, creating a fuel company.

[1] Lockyer was elected at the Trinity riding in the March 1958 general election and served for only several months in the 24th Canadian Parliament before he died in Toronto in October 1958, having been stricken with heart disease while viewing a telecast of the fourth game of the 1958 World Series.