George Davidson Grant Explained

George Davidson Grant
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Constituency Mp:Ontario North
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Angus McLeod
Successor:Samuel Simpson Sharpe
Term Start:1903
Term End:1908
Birth Date:25 June 1870
Birth Place:Waterdown (Hamilton), Ontario
Party:Liberal

George Davidson Grant (June 25, 1870  - March 17, 1915) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Waterdown, Ontario, the son of Rev. Robert N. Grant, D.D., Scotch, and Marian E. McMullen, Irish, Grant educated at Common Schools, the Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. A lawyer, was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Ontario North in a 1903 by-election held after the death of the sitting MP, Angus McLeod. A Liberal, he was re-elected again in 1904 and was defeated in 1908.

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