George Lawson Milne Explained

George Lawson Milne
Birth Date:19 April 1850
Birth Place:Garmouth, Scotland
Death Place:Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:Physician, politician
Education:Toronto School of Medicine
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Constituency:Victoria City
Term Start:1890
Term End:1894

George Lawson Milne (April 19, 1850  - March 13, 1933[1]) was a Scottish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 until his defeat in the 1894 provincial election.

Biography

He was born in Garmouth, Morayshire, came to Canada in 1857 and was educated in Meaford, Ontario and at the Toronto School of Medicine. In 1882, he married Nellie Kinsman. Milne served as Health Officer and as a school trustee for Victoria. He also was federal medical inspector and immigration agent at Victoria and a justice of the peace. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the assembly in an 1889 by-election.[2] In 1896, Milne was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons.[3] He died in Victoria at the age of 82.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vital Event Death Registration . BC Archives . 2011-08-06 . https://archive.today/20121127151856/http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-202B11A/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber%3D%28%221933-09-484003%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13149%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 . 2012-11-27 . dead.
  2. Book: Gemmill, John A. . The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 . 373 . 1891 . 2011-08-09 . December 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191213135901/http://www.canadiana.org/view/32961/0397 . dead .
  3. Book: Gosnell, R. Edward . A history; British Columbia . 1906 . 327–328 . 2011-08-09.