George Everett Chalmers

Who was George Everett Chalmers?

George Everett Chalmers was a doctor, surgeon and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the ridings of York County, City of Fredericton and Fredericton South in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1963 to 1978 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in Bathurst, NB, the son of George Wilson Chalmers and May Branch. Chalmers was educated at the University of New Brunswick and McGill University Faculty of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1933. He interned for 2 years at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, QC and 1 year at the Saint John General Hospital in Saint John, NB before moving to Fredericton, NB in 1936.

During World War II he enlisted as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps but was unable to serve abroad due to diabetes. In 1939 Dr. Chalmers was a founding member of the Fredericton Medical Clinic, the city's largest health clinic. He served on the city council for Fredericton from 1945 to 1949.