George Russell Boucher
George Russell Boucher (13 December 1899 – 8 November 1970) was a Canadian politician and barrister.
George Russell Boucher | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Carleton | |
| In office 1940–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Alonzo Hyndman |
| Succeeded by | George A. Drew |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1899 Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 8 November 1970, (aged 70) Unknown |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada (Until 1945); Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (From 1945) |
| Occupation | barrister |
Born in Dunrobin, Ontario, Boucher (pronounced like voucher, not as in the French) was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Carleton. He succeeded Alonzo Hyndman who died shortly after his re-election in the March 1940 federal election. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa. Boucher was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader George A. Drew, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a by-election.