Geary, George Reginald

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reginald_Geary
  • Wiki Biography:
    • George Reginald Geary PC KC MC OBE (August 12, 1872 – April 30, 1954) was a Canadian politician. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. He also served as Mayor of Toronto from 1910 to 1912.
    • Born August 12, 1872, in Strathroy, Ontario, the Geary family moved to Sarnia, Ontario, when Geary was age one. He attended and graduated from Toronto’s Upper Canada College. He graduated from the University of Toronto law school in 1896 where he was a Member of Alpha Delta Phi. Geary enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on January 7, 1915. He served in World War I and was awarded the Military Cross and the French Legion of Honour. Geary was also awarded the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre during World War I. On March 24, 1919, he was discharged. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
    • Geary was elected mayor in 1910, re-elected in 1911 and acclaimed in 1912. He resigned in October 1912 in order to accept a position as the City of Toronto’s legal counsel.
    • In 1925 he was elected as a member of parliament as a Conservative from the riding Toronto South and remained an MP until 1935. In 1935 he briefly served as the Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of R.B. Bennett and accordingly became a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada. He and the Bennett government were defeated in the 1935 federal election. 
  • Second Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7593
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