George Bryson (July 20, 1852 – May 8, 1937) was a

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lumber merchant and political figure. He served as a member of the

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for Inkerman division from 1887 to 1937 as a Liberal member. He was born in Fort-Coulonge, the son of George Bryson and Robina Cobb, and was educated at the British American Commercial College in

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and the

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Military College. Bryson was a director for the

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(later the

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). In 1875, he married Helen, the daughter of

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, an Ontario MPP. Bryson was mayor of Mansfield and Pontefract from 1891 to 1892 and from 1894 to 1895. He was named a minister without portfolio in the province's cabinet in 1931 and became government leader for the Legislative Council in 1932. He died in office in

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at the age of 84.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryson, George 1852 births 1937 deaths People from Outaouais Canadian people of Scottish descent Anglophone Quebec people Quebec Liberal Party MLCs 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec