List of Chief Factors
| Chief Factors at Fort Edmonton | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chief Factor | Years Served | Notes |
| William Tomison | 1795–1796 | Started Edmonton House to compete with NWC Fort Augustus. |
| George Sutherland | 1796–1797 | |
| William Tomison | 1797–1798 | |
| James Curtis Bird | 1799–1816 | The fort was relocated twice during Bird's tenure. |
| Hugh Carswell | 1816–1817 | |
| Francis Heron | 1817–1821 | HBC and NWC merger coincides with the end of Heron's tenure; afterward, Fort Augustus was absorbed into Fort Edmonton. |
| James Sutherland | 1821–1822 | |
| John Rowand | 1823–1840 | Longest-serving chief factor at Edmonton. |
| John Edward Harriott | 1841–1842 | Rowand's chief trader and son-in-law by country marriage. |
| John Rowand | 1842–1846 | |
| John Edward Harriott | 1847–1848 | |
| John Rowand | 1848–1854 | Final years of service; died May 30, 1854. |
| William Sinclair | 1854–1857 | |
| John Swanston | 1857–1858 | |
| William J. Christie | 1858–1872 | |
| Richard Charles Hardisty | 1872–1883 | Later a Canadian Senator. |
| James MacDougall | 1883–1885 | |
| Richard Charles Hardisty | 1885–1888 | |
| Harrison S. Young | 1888–1891 | |
| William T. Livock | 1891–1910 | Transitioned to the retail store located on Jasper Avenue in what is now Edmonton's downtown core. The outward face of an old HBC department store still exists there, but the building is presently inhabited by Citytv Edmonton and a branch of the U of A. |
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