George Faulds Stirling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Faulds Stirling

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1877

Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1966

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

George Faulds Stirling (February 26, 1877 – November 7, 1966) was an English-born educator, rancher and political figure in British Columbia.
He represented Salmon Arm in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1942 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Middlesbrough and moved to Canada in the early 1900s.
Stirling first worked in lumber camps in British Columbia as a logger and carpenter.
He next worked as a clerk and immigration agent, then as a teacher in the Okanagan region.
Stirling ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1912 as a Socialist candidate, in 1924 as a Labour candidate and in 1933 and 1937 as a CCF candidate before being elected in a 1942 by-election held after the death of Rolf Wallgren Bruhn.
He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1945.
He also ran unsuccessfully for the Kamloops federal seat in 1935.
Stirling later owned a ranch on Shuswap Lake.
He died in Victoria at the age of 88.