George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)

Financial agent, MLA (1916-1920).

Born to a British family in Barbados on 5 June 1878, he was educated privately, and emigrated to Manitoba in 1896, where he worked as a financial agent in Selkirk. On 2 September 1914, he married Emma Evans McKinley, daughter of John D. H. McKinley of Dresden, Ohio. They had a daughter, Alice Marion Prout.

He stood for election in the provincial election of 1914, being defeated by Dr. Montague, Minister of Public Works, by one vote. In 1915, he was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, representing the constituency of Kildonan-St. Andrews as a Liberal. Anglican. Liberal. Address: Selkirk, Manitoba.

He died in Toronto, about 1980.

Source:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1917.

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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