George Oscar Alcorn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Oscar Alcorn
Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada
About George Oscar Alcorn
- George Oscar Alcorn, (May 3, 1850 – February 16, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Lennoxville, Canada East, (now Sherbrooke, Quebec), the son of Thomas Coke Alcorn and Martha A.
- Bartlett, he was educated at the Toronto Grammar and Model Grammar Schools.
- A lawyer, he was admitted to the bar in 1871 and was created a King's Counsel in 1890.
- He practised law in Belleville, Ontario and Picton, Ontario.
- He was president of the Prince Edward Liberal-Conservative Association.He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario riding of Prince Edward in the 1900 federal election.
- A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1904 election but was defeated in the 1908 election.In 1872, he married Sara Jane Leavitt.
- In 1910, Alcorn was named Master in Ordinary for the Supreme Court of Ontario and served in that post until 1923.
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