George Clift King
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George Clift King | |
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| 2nd Mayor of Calgary | |
| In office November 4, 1886 – January 16, 1888 | |
| Preceded by | George Murdoch |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Edwin Shelton |
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| Born | April 23, 1848 |
| Died | July 18, 1935 (aged 87) Calgary, Alberta |
George Clift King OBE (April 23, 1848 – July 18, 1935) was the second mayor of the town of Calgary, Alberta.
King was born in Chelmsford, England in 1848. At the age of 26, he left England for Canada, arriving in Toronto, Ontario, in 1874.
North-West Mounted Police
King joined the North-West Mounted Police and was part of the first contingent sent west to establish Fort Calgary in 1875. Constable King is often called Calgary's First Citizen, since he was the first NWMP officer to cross the Bow River and set foot on the future site of Calgary.[1] This title is also sometimes given to Sam Livingston, another Calgary pioneer who arrived in the Calgary area in 1874; however, Calgary's first European settler was John Glenn who settled at Fish Creek in 1873. According to his scrip record, Antoine Godin, a Métis, had taken up more-or-less permanent residence in the vicinity of Calgary as early as 1870.[2]
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