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About George E. Hughes
- George Edward Hughes (April 5, 1853 – November 4, 1937) was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1900 to 1912 and 2nd Queens from 1915 to 1923 as a Liberal member. He was born in Charlottetown, the son of Frederick W.
- Hughes and Margaret Binns.
- Hughes was educated at Prince of Wales College and St.
- Dunstan's College.
- He studied medicine with Dr.
- Frank D.
- Beer and then opened a drug store in Charlottetown.
- Hughes served as a member of the Charlottetown City Council and was also president of the Board of Trade.
- He also helped establish the Prince Edward Island Development and Tourist Association and served as its president.
- He was a member of the province's Executive Council. Hughes was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1912 and in 1923. He married Anna Gordon Boyle in 1878.
- Hughes owned a farm in Brookfield where he raised horses for harness racing and cattle.
- He died in Charlottetown at the age of 84.One of the locations where Hughes operated as a druggist, known as DesBrisay Block or Apothecaries Hall, is now designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
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