Edward L. Cash

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Edward L. Cash
Edward L. Cash

Edward L. Cash (December 26, 1849May 31, 1922) was a Canadian physician and politician.

Born in Markham, Canada West, the son of David Cash and Elizebeth Eckardt, Cash received his M.D. from the Victoria University in Cobourg, Ontario in 1871. From 1871 to 1896, he resided in United States and was elected County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Rock in Nebraska. In 1897, he started practicing medicine in Yorktown, Saskatchewan. Cash was a founder of the Yorkton Club, an elite social club created on April 3, 1907 under the Yorkton Club Act 1907.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1904 for the electoral district of Mackenzie. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
New District
Member of Parliament Mackenzie
1904–1917
Succeeded by
John Flaws Reid