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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.

He was born in Chatham, Canada East, the son of Lemuel Cushing and Catherine Hutchins, was educated at McGill University and was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1865. He practised law in Montreal. In 1869, Cushing married Ellen Myra Macdougall. He was president of the Montreal Y.M.C.A. from 1869 to 1870. 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.

In 1877, he published The Genealogy of the Cushing Family.

Cushing died in Montreal at the age of 39.

Electoral record

By-election: On Mr. Abbott being unseated, on petition:

References

1. ^ Lemuel Cushing Jr. – Parliament of Canada biography
2. ^ The Canadian parliamentary companion for 1875, HJ Morgan
3. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
4. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (1877) Cushing, Lemuel p. 101
5. Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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