George_Ritchie_Maxwell

George Ritchie Maxwell

George Ritchie Maxwell

Canadian politician

George Ritchie Maxwell (January 11, 1857 – November 17, 1902) was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and politician.

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Born in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1880. He migrated to Canada in 1885 serving as a minister in Quebec eventually setting in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1890.

In 1894, he founded the Nationalist Party, BC's first labour party.[1] He ran as a candidate under that label for the British Columbia riding of Burrard in 1896. He was sometimes identified as a Liberal due to his opposition to the Conservative party. He was elected.

Running as a Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900.

He died in office in 1902 from intestinal cancer at the age of 45.

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References

  1. [1]
    Encyclopedia of BC, p. 486
  • "George Ritchie Maxwell". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
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