George William McLeod (30 May 1896 – 20 December 1965) was a Social Credit party member of the

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and the

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. He was born in

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and became a garage owner and operator by career. He was first elected at the Okanagan—Revelstoke riding in the 1953 general election and re-elected there in

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. He was defeated after his second term by Stuart Fleming of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1958 election. He was then elected to the provincial assembly in 1963 for the riding of

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but died in office of a stroke in

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in 1965 at the age of 69.http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=c766e830-0b12-4719-8129-381406130bfc

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* 1896 births 1965 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Social Credit Party of Canada MPs People from Wellington County, Ontario {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub