George Hastings Palmer (April 26, 1881 – January 16, 1947) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1920 to 1922. Palmer was born in Halifax,

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, the son of George H. Palmer and Elizabeth Thompson, and was educated in

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. He was a railway employee in Halifax and later worked as a train dispatcher in Manitoba. In 1905, he married May Slocomb. Palmer was elected mayor of Dauphin in 1925. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election, as a

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candidate in the constituency of Dauphin. He defeated incumbent

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William J. Harrington by 422 votes. The Labour Party and its allies jumped from one seat to eleven in this election, and Palmer served with the labour group in parliament for the next two years. He was defeated in the 1922 election, losing to Liberal

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by 83 votes. Palmer attempted to return to the legislature in the 1927 provincial election. This time, he ran as Progressive supporting

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's government. He finished second to

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Robert Ferguson. He died in

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at the age of 65.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, George 1881 births 1947 deaths Dominion Labour Party (Manitoba) MLAs Mayors of Dauphin, Manitoba Progressive Party of Manitoba politicians