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George Oscar Alcorn

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Role
  
Canadian Politician

Political party
  
Conservative

Succeeded by
  
Occupation
  
Lawyer

Resigned
  
1908

Name
  
George Alcorn


George Oscar Alcorn

Born
  
May 3, 1850Lennoxville, Canada East (
1850-05-03
)

Died
  
February 16, 1930, Toronto, Canada

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Preceded by
  

George Oscar Alcorn, KC (May 3, 1850 – February 16, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Lennoxville, Canada East, 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.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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.

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.

References

George Oscar Alcorn Wikipedia


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