George Fulford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Brockville, Ontario, Canada
About George Fulford
- George Taylor Fulford (6 May 1902 – 15 December 1987) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Brockville, Ontario and became an executive and manufacturer by career, particularly as president of medicine manufacturer G.
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- Fulford Co..Fulford graduated from the University of Toronto and also attended Harvard University.He was elected as a Liberal to the Ontario Legislature in 1934 at the Leeds riding, serving under Mitchell Hepburn's government.
- After leaving provincial politics due to his defeat in 1937, Fulford was elected to federal Parliament at the Leeds riding in the 1940 general election.
- Fulford was then defeated in the following election in 1945 by George Robert Webb of the Progressive Conservative party.
- Fulford returned to Parliament by winning the riding in the 1949 election over a new Progressive Conservative candidate, John Lionel Carroll.
- After that term, Fulford was defeated by the Progressive Conservatives' Hayden Stanton in 1953.
- Fulford was further unsuccessful in unseating Stanton in the 1957 and 1958 elections. Fulford switched his support to the Progressive Conservative party in 1970 following a dispute over federal Liberal language policies.He died at hospital in Brockville aged 85.
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