George Alexander Drew, (February 21, 1826 – July 5, 1891) was a

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lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented

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in the

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as a

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member from 1867 to 1872 and from 1878 to 1882. He was born near Williamstown,

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, the son of John Drew and Margaret McKay, and was educated there and in

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. Drew studied law with

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in Cornwall, was called to the bar in 1854 and set up practice in Elora. In 1856, he married Elizabeth Mary Jacob; in 1865, after his first wife's death, he married her sister, Maria Louise. Drew was named

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in 1872. Drew ran unsuccessfully against Nathaniel Higinbotham for the federal seat in 1872, 1874 and 1875 before defeating him in 1878. In 1882, he was named judge for Wellington County; later that same year, he was named judge in the High Court of Justice for Ontario.''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'', HW Charlesworth (1919)
Drew died while still a judge at the age of 65. The community of

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in Minto Township was named after him.''The Way It Was : A History of Minto Township'', CM Harrison (1978)
His grandson, George Drew, later served as Premier of Ontario. , - ,

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, Nathaniel Higinbotham , align="right", 1,368 , Liberal–Conservative , George Alexander Drew , align="right", 1,365

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drew, George Alexander 1826 births 1891 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Judges in Ontario Canadian King's Counsel