George Oscar Alcorn
George Oscar Alcorn | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Prince Edward | |
| In office 1900–1908 | |
| Preceded by | William Varney Pettet |
| Succeeded by | Morley Currie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1850 Lennoxville, Canada East |
| Died | February 16, 1930 (aged 79) Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
George Oscar Alcorn KC (May 3, 1850 – February 16, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.[2]
Born in Lennoxville, Canada East, (now Sherbrooke, Quebec),[2] the son of Thomas Coke Alcorn and Martha A. Bartlett, he was educated at the Toronto Grammar and Model Grammar Schools. A lawyer, he was admitted to the bar in 1871 and was created a King's Counsel in 1890. He practised law in Belleville, Ontario and Picton, Ontario. He was president of the Prince Edward Liberal-Conservative Association.[3]
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario riding of Prince Edward in the 1900 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1904 election but was defeated in the 1908 election.[2]
In 1872, he married Sara Jane Leavitt. In 1910, Alcorn was named Master in Ordinary for the Supreme Court of Ontario and served in that post until 1923.[1]
Electoral record
[edit]| 1900 Canadian federal election: Prince Edward | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | George Oscar Alcorn | 2,148 | ||||||
| Liberal | William V. Pettet | 2,080 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Prince Edward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | George Oscar Alcorn | 2,253 | ||||||
| Liberal | ? Rose | 2,107 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Prince Edward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Morley Currie | 2,341 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Oscar Alcorn | 2,204 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ a b c George Oscar Alcorn – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography of living characters
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