George Malcolm

Who was George Malcolm?

George John Huntley Malcolm was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1909 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris.

Malcolm was born in Kussowlie, India, the son of British colonel George Malcolm. He was educated at King Edward VI school in Sherbourne, England, and moved to Canada in 1882. After attending the Guelph Agricultural College in Ontario for two years, he moved to Manitoba in 1885. He worked as a farmer, and served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Birtle Agricultural Society. Malcolm was also a school trustee. He was married twice: first to Janet T. Winter in 1891 and then to Adelaide G. Barnes in 1902 following the death of his first wife.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election held on November 27, 1909. Malcolm was elected to replace former Liberal house leader Charles Mickle in the constituency of Birtle. During the election, he was endorsed by both the Liberal Party and the Manitoba Grain Growers' Association.

Malcolm was re-elected in the 1910 provincial election, defeating a Conservative candidate by 110 votes.