George Gordon Hyde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Gordon Hyde

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1883

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1946

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About George Gordon Hyde

  • George Gordon Hyde, (January 24, 1883 – July 20, 1946) was a Quebec (Canada) Provincial politician, and a prominent lawyer in the city of Montreal. Born in Montreal, Quebec on January 24, 1883, he was educated at the High School of Montreal and McGill University, where he obtained a law degree, and was called to the Quebec Bar on 21 August 1908.
  • He became well known in the fields of company and commercial law, first with the law firm of R.C.
  • Smith, K.C., and later as senior partner of his own firm, Hyde & Ahern.
  • He was made King's Counsel 27 December 1918, and elected president of the Junior Bar Association of Montreal 1919.
  • Elected Quebec Vice-President of the Canadian Bar Association in 1944.
  • President of the Reform Club of Montreal, 1935.
  • He was well known in English and American legal circles. In 1939 he ran as Liberal candidate in the provincial riding of Westmount–Saint-Georges, and was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly (Now known as the National Assembly of Quebec).
  • In 1942, he was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec. He was married to Lilian Boronow, and was the father of John Richard Hyde, also a Montreal lawyer (with the firm of Hyde & Ahern), who represented the provincial riding of Westmount–Saint-Georges from 1954 through 1970.
  • Another son, Flight Lieutenant George G.
  • (Kewp) Hyde, RCAF, was killed on active service in England during the Second World War.
  • He also had a daughter, Shirley Anne Hyde. George Gordon Hyde died in Montreal on July 20, 1946, at the age of 62.

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