Edwin Cyrus Graves

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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| birth_place= St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

| death_date={{death date and age|1936|8|10|1868|3|18}}

| death_place=near Buffalo, New York, U.S.

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| office = MPP for St. Catharines

| term=June 25, 1923 – April 3, 1934

| party = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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Edwin Cyrus Graves (March 18, 1868 – August 10, 1936) was an insurance broker, manufacturer and political figure in Ontario. He represented St. Catharines in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1934 as a Conservative member.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1229 |title=Edwin Cyrus Graves, MPP |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |accessdate=June 19, 2011}}

He was born in St. Catharines,{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 |year=1931 |last=Normandin |first=A L}} the son of Oswin G Graves and Electra (Lettie) A Brown, and was educated there. In 1898, he married Agnes O'Connor. Graves served on the city council for St. Catharines in 1920 and 1921 and was mayor in 1922.{{cite web |url=http://www.stcatharines.ca/en/governin/resources/ElectedMunicipalCouncils1845.pdf |title=Elected Municipal Councils of St. Catharines 1845–2014 |publisher=City of St. Catharines |accessdate=June 19, 2011 |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322162251/http://www.stcatharines.ca/en/governin/resources/ElectedMunicipalCouncils1845.pdf |url-status=dead }} He died in a car accident on August 10, 1936."Lincoln Ex-Member Killed Near Buffalo: Three Injured as Autos Collide--St. Catharines Man Swung Too Far, Reports Say"

The Globe (1844-1936) [Toronto, Ont] October 9, 1936: 9.