George Ritchie Maxwell
Politician
1857 – 1902
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Who was George Ritchie Maxwell?
George Ritchie Maxwell was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and politician.
Born in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1880. He migrated to Canada in 1885 serving as a minister in Quebec eventually setting in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1890. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the British Columbia riding of Burrard in 1896. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900. He died in office in 1902 from intestinal cancer.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1857
Stonehouse - Religion
- Church of Scotland
- Nationality
- Canada
- Died
- Nov 17, 1902
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on July 23, 2013
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