George Washington Stephens (3 August 1866 – 6 February 1942) was a

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politician. He became Lieutenant Colonel and President of the

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commission of the

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. Born in

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, the son of George Washington Stephens and Elizabeth McIntosh, Stephens was educated at

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, the University of Geneva,

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, and the

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. He worked with the firm of Steidtman & Company; J. and H. Taylor; and Thomas Robertson & Company, Limited. He was an administrator of his father's estate starting in 1902. He was president of the Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal and vice-president of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company Limited. He was elected as the Liberal candidate by acclamation to the

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for the electoral district of

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in a 1905 by-election. He did not run in the 1908 election. From 1907 to 1912, he was president of the Montreal Harbor Commission. In 1898, he joined the Montreal Third Field Battery. He was promoted to major in 1902 and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1923, he was appointed to the

. He was appointed a member of the Governing Commission of the

in 1923 and was its president from 1924 to 1926. He died in

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in 1942 and was buried in Montreal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, George Washington 1866 births 1942 deaths High School of Montreal alumni Politicians from Montreal Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Anglophone Quebec people McGill University alumni High commissioners of the League of Nations at Saar 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec