George William Allan (1860-1940)

Lawyer, businessman, MP (1917-1921).

Born on 13 August 1860 at Moss Park, Toronto, son of Senator George William Allan and Adelaide Harriet Schreiber, he was educated at Upper Canada College, Galt Collegiate Institute, Trinity College School, and Trinity College University. He studied law with Edward Blake in Toronto. He came to Winnipeg in 1879 and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1882, establishing the law firm of Munson and Allan. He was a Bencher for the Law Society of Manitoba from 1918 to 1922. He became president of Great-West Life Assurance Company and chair of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In 1917 he was Food and Fuel Control administrator for Manitoba.

He married Muriel Hester Wragge in 1896. Their daughter, Jocelyn Otillie Allan, married Ralph D. Baker in 1923. He served as President of the Manitoba Club from 1916 to 1922, and was a member of the St. Charles Country Club. Elected to the House of Commons in 1917 as a conscriptionist, he served until 1921.

He died at Victoria, British Columbia on 6 December 1940.

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Profile revised: 16 December 2009

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