George Oscar Alcorn
Politician
1850 – 1930
Who was George Oscar Alcorn?
George Oscar Alcorn was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in Lennoxville, Canada East, 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 practiced law in Belleville, Ontario and Picton, Ontario. He was president of the Prince Edward Liberal-Conservative Association.
He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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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- Born
- May 3, 1850
Lennoxville, Quebec - Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Sherbrooke
- Died
- Feb 16, 1930
Toronto
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on July 23, 2013
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