Physician.
Born at Guelph, Ontario on 25 April 1880, son of James Walter Lyon and Lucy Boult, he was educated at the Guelph College Institute and University of Toronto before completing three years of post-graduate work at a hospital in London, England and the General Hospital at Birmingham, England. He came to Winnipeg in 1910 and practiced medicine in the McArthur Building. He also served as a medical examiner for the Home Life Insurance Company, North American Life Insurance Company, and Western Life Insurance Company Club. He was a member of the Midland Medical Society (England) and Presbyterian church. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 22 March 1949 and was buried in the Ocean View Burial Park.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Death registration [Edwin James Lyon], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Vancouver Daily Province, 24 March 1949, page 19.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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