Edward Toomy was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

. He represented Drummond in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...

 from 1833 to 1838. His surname also appears as Toomey.

Toomy was a merchant in Drummondville, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. He was first elected to the legislative assembly in an 1833 by-election held after Frederick Heriot

Frederick Heriot

Frederick George Heriot was a British army officer, who fought in the War of 1812 and subsequently became a landowner and administrator in Canada....

 resigned his seat. He voted for the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony....

. Toomy married Catherine Clarke. He was named bailiff for the Superior Court in 1851. He died in Drummondville at the age of 50.