George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)

Farmer,MLA (1908-1910), MLA (1911-1914), MLA (1914-1915), MLA (1916-1920), MLA (1921-1922).

Born Kussowlie, India on 20 August 1865, son of Colonel George and Emily F. Malcolm, he was educated at King Edward VI school (Sherborne, England). He came to Canada in 1882 and located at Manitoba in 1885. He was married twice, first to Janet T. Winter on 5 September 1891 (deceased) then to Adelaide G. Barnes, daughter of Reverend W. Barnes, on 2 October 1902. He had two daughters and two sons: Janet May Malcolm, Marion Ethel Malcolm, George Lawrence Malcolm, and Campbell Malcolm.

He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature as a Liberal at a by-election for Birtle on 27 November 1909. He entered the Norris cabinet as minister of agriculture in 1920-22. In 1922, it was rumoured that he was to become premier in a farmer’s government. Instead, he did not contest the 1922 election and never again served in public life.

Member, Manitoba Grain Growers Exchange; School trustee; former secretary-treasurer, Birtle Agricultural Society.

He died on 18 August 1930, in the Rural Municipality of Brandon.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1914.

Death registration of G. H. Malcolm, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Profile revised: 14 June 2008

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