George McLeod (British Columbia politician) explained

George McLeod
Birthname:George William McLeod
Birth Date:1896 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Harriston, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Enderby, British Columbia, Canada
Riding1:Okanagan—Revelstoke
Predecessor1:riding created
Successor1:Stuart Fleming
Term Start1:August 1953
Term End1:March 1958
Riding2:North Okanagan
Predecessor2:Lorne Shantz
Successor2:Patricia Jordan
Term Start2:September 1963
Term End2:December 1965
Profession:garage owner and operator
Party:Social Credit

George William McLeod (30 May 1896 – 20 December 1965) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was born in Harriston, Ontario and became a garage owner and operator by career.

He was first elected at the Okanagan—Revelstoke riding in the 1953 general election and re-elected there in 1957. He was defeated after his second term by Stuart Fleming of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1958 election. He was then elected to the provincial assembly in 1963 for the riding of North Okanagan but died in office of a stroke in Enderby, British Columbia in 1965 at the age of 69.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Registration of Death . 3 April 2014 . 7 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085308/http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=c766e830-0b12-4719-8129-381406130bfc . dead .