George Taylor Fulford (6 May 1902 – 15 December 1987) was a

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businessman and politician who served as a

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member of the

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. Fulford was born in

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, and he became an executive and manufacturer, particularly as president of medicine manufacturer G. T. Fulford Co.

Life and career

Fulford graduated from the

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, and he also attended

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. In 1934, Fulford was elected as a Liberal to the Ontario legislature for the Leeds riding, serving under

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's government. After leaving provincial politics due to his defeat in 1937, Fulford was elected to the House of Commons for the

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riding in the 1940 federal election. He was defeated in the 1945 federal election by

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of the Progressive Conservative party. Fulford returned to Parliament by winning the riding in the 1949 federal election over a new Progressive Conservative candidate, John Lionel Carroll. After that term, Fulford was defeated by the Progressive Conservative party's

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in 1953. Fulford was unsuccessful in unseating Stanton in the

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and 1958 elections. Fulford switched his support to the Progressive Conservative party in 1970, following a dispute over federal Liberal language policies. He died at a hospital in Brockville in 1987, at the age of 85.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fulford, George Taylor 1902 births 1987 deaths Harvard University alumni Liberal Party of Canada MPs Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Brockville University of Toronto alumni