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Preceded by
  
new riding

Succeeded by
  

Occupation
  
farmer

Name
  
George Lohnes

Born
  
August 8, 1898Upper Northfield, Nova Scotia (
1898-08-08
)

Died
  
September 6, 1982(1982-09-06) (aged 84)Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

Political party
  

George Oliver Lohnes (August 8, 1898 – September 6, 1982) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Born in 1898 at Upper Northfield, Nova Scotia, Lohnes was a farmer by career. He married Evelynn Mossman in 1938. Lohnes entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Lunenburg Centre riding by 152 votes. He was re-elected in the 1960, 1963, and 1967 elections. In the 1970 election, Lohnes was defeated by Liberal Walton Cook. Lohnes died at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia on September 6, 1982.

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George O. Lohnes Wikipedia


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