George John Huntley Malcolm (August 20, 1865–August 18, 1930) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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as a

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from 1909 to 1922, and was a

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in the government of

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. Malcolm was born in Kussowlie,

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, the son of

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colonel George Malcolm. He was educated at

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school in Sherbourne,

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, and moved to Canada in 1882. After attending the

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Agricultural College in

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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

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held on November 27, 1909. Malcolm was elected to replace former Liberal house leader

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in the constituency of Birtle. During the election, he was endorsed by both the Liberal Party and the

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. Malcolm was re-elected in the 1910 provincial election, defeating a

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candidate by 110 votes. He was again returned in the 1914 provincial election, by an increased margin. The Conservative Party, which had governed Manitoba since 1900, was forced to resign from office in 1915 amid a serious corruption scandal. The Liberals won a landslide majority government in the 1915 provincial election, with Malcolm receiving more than twice as many votes as his Conservative opponent. He served as a backbench supporter of Norris's government for the next five years. The Liberals were reduced to an unstable minority government in the election of 1920, and Malcolm was re-elected over his

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opponent by a reduced margin. On September 30, 1920, he was appointed as

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in Norris' government. He held this position until resigning on June 6, 1922. Malcolm did not run in the 1922 provincial election, which the Liberals lost to the

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. He died in

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at the age of 64.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malcolm, George 1865 births 1930 deaths Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba British people in colonial India British emigrants to Canada