George Percival Burchill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
About George Percival Burchill
- George Percival Burchill (November 3, 1889 – August 22, 1977) was a lumber merchant and political figure.
- He sat for Northumberland-Miramichi division in the Senate of Canada from 1945 to 1977 as a Liberal. He was born in Nelson, New Brunswick, the son of John Percival Burchill and Eliza B.
- Wilkinson.
- Percy Burchill was educated in Newcastle and then graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Science in forestry in 1910.
- In 1916, Percy Burchill married Jean Gordon Garden. Burchill succeeded his father as president of the firm George Burchill and Sons.
- The records of the Burchill family's shipbuilding and lumber operations spanning more than a century were deposited at the Provincial Archives by Percy Burchill.
- [1] He was also chairman of the board of the New Brunswick Telephone Company and a director for Montreal Trust Co..
- He served as warden for Northumberland County from 1913 to 1915. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Burchill was an unsuccessful candidate in the Northumberland constituency in the 1930 Canadian general election.
- He served as president of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association, the Canadian Forestry Association, the New Brunswick Council of the Boy Scouts of Canada and the New Brunswick Liberal Association.
- Burchill resigned his seat in the Senate due to illness a few days before his death at the age of 87. The G.
- Percy Burchill Trophy is awarded to the New Brunswick team finishing highest in the final regular season standings of the Maritime Football League.
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