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George Russell Boucher

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George Russell Boucher
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Carleton
In office
1940–1948
Preceded byAlonzo Hyndman
Succeeded byGeorge A. Drew
Personal details
Born13 December 1899
Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada
Died8 November 1970, (aged 70)
Unknown
Political partyConservative Party of Canada (Until 1945); Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (From 1945)
Occupationbarrister

George Russell Boucher (13 December 1899 – 8 November 1970) was a Canadian politician and barrister.

Born in Dunrobin, Ontario, Boucher (pronounced like voucher, not as in the French) was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Carleton. He succeeded Alonzo Hyndman who died shortly after his re-election in the March 1940 federal election. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa. Boucher was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader George A. Drew, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a by-election.[1]

Electoral record

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1945 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative G. Russell Boucher 10,916 62.26 –18.04
Liberal Leonard Anthony Davis 5,309 30.28
Co-operative Commonwealth Douglas D. Irwin 1,309 7.47
Total valid votes 17,534 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –24.16
Canadian federal by-election, 19 August 1940
On the death of Alonzo Hyndman, 9 April 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Russell Boucher 6,045 80.30 +26.40
New Democracy John Nelson McCracken 1,483 19.70
Total valid votes 7,528 100.0  
Conservative hold Swing  

References

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  1. ^ "Drew Will Seek Federal Seat in Carleton County: Boucher Will Resign In Favor of Leader". The Evening Citizen. Ottawa. 29 October 1948. p. 17.

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