Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

George Weaver (politician)

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 4 min

George Weaver
Member of Parliament
for Churchill
In office
June 1949 – June 1957
Preceded byRonald Moore
Succeeded byRobert Simpson
Personal details
Born
George Dyer Weaver

(1908-09-16)September 16, 1908
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
DiedMay 7, 1986(1986-05-07) (aged 77)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Mary Scoretz
m. 2 June 1938
ProfessionEngineer
[1]

George Dyer Weaver (16 September 1908 – 7 May 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was a metallurgical engineer by career.[2]

Weaver was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He trained for his engineering career at the Royal Military College of Canada, then served in South Africa's army between 1942 and 1944. From there, he joined the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals until October 1945, serving as a lieutenant.[1][2]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Churchill riding in the 1949 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1945. Weaver was re-elected for successive terms in 1949 and 1953 then defeated in the 1957 election by Robert Simpson of the Progressive Conservative party.

Weaver died on 7 May 1986 and is buried in Melfort, Saskatchewan at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.[3]

Electoral history

[edit]
1957 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Simpson 6,191 38.8 +20.8
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,993 31.3 -9.1
Social Credit Bruce Moore 2,891 18.1 -2.1
Co-operative Commonwealth Gerald Robert Clarkson 1,870 11.7 -6.9
Total valid votes 15,945 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,984 40.4 -5.2
Progressive Conservative William George Thompson 2,567 20.8 -3.0
Social Credit Delbert Leroy Downs 2,490 20.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Stewart Moore 2,293 18.6 -12.0
Total valid votes 12,334 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 6,847 45.6 +13.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Stewart Moore 4,595 30.6 -8.2
Progressive Conservative Robert Franklin Milton 3,570 23.8 -5.1
Total valid votes 15,012 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Ronald Moore 5,226 38.8
Liberal George Dyer Weaver 4,359 32.4 -30.1
Progressive Conservative Cecil Ruddock Neely 3,884 28.8 -8.7
Total valid votes 13,469 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Normandin, Pierre G. (1950). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ^ a b "George Dyer Weaver". Manitoba Historical Society. 3 January 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project". Retrieved 28 March 2010.
[edit]
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weaver_(politician)
4 views |
↧ Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF