George Douglas Hawley Explained

George Douglas Hawley
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1885
Term End1:1886
Predecessor1:Alexander Hall Roe
Successor1:Walter William Meacham
Term Start2:1879
Term End2:1883
Predecessor2:John Thomas Grange
Successor2:Alexander Hall Roe
Constituency2:Lennox
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:3 April 1841
Birth Place:Fredericksburg Township, Lennox County, Canada West
Occupation:Businessman
Spouse:Sarah Caroline Bristol

George Douglas Hawley (April 3, 1841  - September 22, 1934) was an Ontario politician. He represented Lennox in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1883 and in 1886 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Fredericksburg Township, Lennox County, Canada West in 1841, the son of Joseph Case Hawley, and educated in Kingston. Hawley married Sarah Caroline Bristol, the daughter of doctor Amos Samuel Bristol. He defeated Alexander Hall Roe in the 1879 election, lost to Roe in 1883 and then was elected to the same seat in an 1886 by-election held after Roe's death. He was defeated in the general election that followed later that year. In 1887, Hawley was named clerk for the division court at Napanee; in 1895, he was named sheriff for Lennox and Addington Counties.

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