George Russell Boucher
Canadian politician
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George Russell Boucher (December 13, 1899 – November 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician and barrister.
George Russell Boucher | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Carleton | |
| In office 1940–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Alonzo Hyndman |
| Succeeded by | George A. Drew |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1899 Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | November 8, 1970 (aged 70) |
| Party | Progressive Conservative (from 1945) Conservative (until 1945) |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Born in Dunrobin, Ontario, Boucher (pronounced like voucher, not as in the French) was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Carleton. He succeeded Alonzo Hyndman who died shortly after his re-election in the March 1940 federal election. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa. Boucher was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader George A. Drew, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a by-election.[1]
Electoral record
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Carleton | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | G. Russell Boucher | 10,916 | 62.26 | –18.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Leonard Anthony Davis | 5,309 | 30.28 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Douglas D. Irwin | 1,309 | 7.47 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 17,534 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –24.16 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 19 August 1940 On the death of Alonzo Hyndman, 9 April 1940 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Russell Boucher | 6,045 | 80.30 | +26.40 | ||||
| New Democracy | John Nelson McCracken | 1,483 | 19.70 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,528 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
