George William McLeod (30 May 1896 – 20 December 1965) was a Social Credit party member of the

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and the

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. He was born in

Harriston, Ontario Harriston (population 1,797) is a community in the Town of Minto in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. In 1999, Harriston was amalgamated with the communities of Palmerston, Clifford, and Minto Township to form the Town of Minto. Harriston is l ...

and became a garage owner and operator by career. He was first elected at the

Okanagan—Revelstoke Okanagan—Revelstoke was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Kamloops and Yale ridings. It was ab ...

riding in the 1953 general election and re-elected there in

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

. He was defeated after his second term by

Stuart Fleming Stuart A. Fleming (9 June 1920 – 24 February 1993) was a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a wholesaler by career. He was first elected at the Okanagan� ...

of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1958 election. He was then elected to the provincial assembly in 1963 for the riding of

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but died in office of a stroke in

Enderby, British Columbia The City of Enderby is in the North Okanagan region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Armstrong and Salmon Arm. It is approximately 80 km north of Kelowna and 130 km east of Kamloops. Highway 97A passes through End ...

in 1965 at the age of 69.

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* 1896 births 1965 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Social Credit Party of Canada MPs People from Wellington County, Ontario 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{BritishColumbia-MP-stub