George Augustus Dana (1840–1911) was an

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contractor and political figure. He represented

Brockville Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...

in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 as a

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member. He was born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Alonzo B. Dana who served three terms as mayor of Brockville. Dana served on the town council, as a water commissioner and also was mayor from 1885 to 1886. He served in the local militia and was a director of the Canadian Central Railway. Dana also wrote a number of plays.

External links

''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897'' JA Gemmill
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''he Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography'', HJ Morgan (1898)''History Matters'', Brockville & District Historical Society, March 2003 (pdf)
1840 births 1911 deaths Mayors of Brockville Ontario Liberal Party MPPs {{Ontario-mayor-stub