George Russell Boucher
George Russell Boucher | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Carleton | |
| In office 1940–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Alonzo Hyndman |
| Succeeded by | George A. Drew |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1899 Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | November 8, 1970, (aged 70) Unknown |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada (Until 1945); Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (From 1945) |
| Occupation | barrister |
George Russell Boucher (December 13, 1899 – November 8, 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[]
| 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[]
- ^ "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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