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About George M. Johnson
- George Macness Johnson (August 11, 1853 – December 17, 1935) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland.
- He represented Trinity in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1894 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1902.The son of Reverend George M.
- Johnson and Frances Carrington, he was born in St.
- John's and was educated at the Church of England Academy there and at St.
- John's College in Hurstpierpoint, England.
- After completing his studies in law, Johnson returned to Newfoundland.
- In 1875, he joined Sir William Whiteway as junior partner in his law practice. He married Anne Elizabeth Bown.
- They had three daughters and one son.
- Johnson organized a branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in St.
- John's.
- He was also a member of the Masonic Order.He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in an 1894 by-election but was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897.
- He was elected again in 1900.
- In 1902, he resigned from the assembly when he was named to the Newfoundland Supreme Court.
- In 1926, Johnson retired from the bench and moved to England.
- He returned to Newfoundland in September 1935 and died in St.
- John's in December that same year. His daughter Sybil Frances Carrington Johnson married Brian Dunfield.
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