Christian Pozer
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Hon.
| name = Christian Henry Pozer
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| office = Senator for Lauzon, Quebec
| appointed = Alexander Mackenzie
| predecessor = Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry
| successor = Joseph Bolduc
| term_start = September 20, 1876
| term_end = July 18, 1884
| constituency_MP2 = Beauce
| parliament2 = Canadian
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| successor2 = Joseph Bolduc
| term_start2 = 1867
| term_end2 = 1876
| office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauce
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| successor3 = François-Xavier Dulac
| term_start3 = 1867
| term_end3 = 1874
| birth_date = {{birth date|1835|12|26}}
| birth_place = manor-house in the seigneury of Aubert-Gallion in Beauce, Lower Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1884|07|18|1835|12|26}}
| death_place = Saint-Georges, Quebec
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| party = Liberal
| otherparty = Quebec Liberal Party
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Christian Henry Pozer (December 26, 1835 – July 18, 1884) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in St-Georges d'Aubert Gallion (now Saint-Georges), Beauce, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of William Pozer and Ann Milbourne, he was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1860.
In 1863, he ran as a Liberal for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the riding of Beauce and was defeated. He was elected in 1867 and re-elected in 1871. He resigned in 1874.
At the same time, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Beauce in 1867. A Liberal he was re-elected in 1872 and 1874.
He resigned from the House of Commons when he was appointed a Senator in 1876 representing the senatorial division of Lauzon, Quebec. He died in office in 1884 and was buried in the Pozer Cemetery in St-Georges-de-Beauce.Garant, André. À L'OMBRE DU CLOCHER, La Fabrique St-Georges-de-Beauce, 1985, {{ISBN|2-9800513-0-6}}
References
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- {{Quebec MNA biography|pozer-christian-henry-4979|Christian Henry Pozer}}
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3634|2=The Hon. Christian Henry Pozer, M.P., Senator}}
- {{cite DCB |first=Louise |last=Dechêne |title=Pozer, Christian Henry |volume=11 |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/pozer_christian_henry_11E.html}}
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Category:Canadian senators from Quebec
Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Category:People from Beauce, Quebec
Category:Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches
Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Category:19th-century members of the Senate of Canada
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