George Walter Ecclestone Explained

George Ecclestone
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1916
Term End1:1934
Predecessor1:Samuel Henry Armstrong
Successor1:James Francis Kelly
Constituency1:Muskoka
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:8 October 1865
Birth Place:Dawn Mills, Kent County, Canada West
Occupation:Merchant

George Walter Ecclestone (October 8, 1865  - August 10, 1940) was a hardware merchant and political figure in Ontario. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1916 to 1934 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Dawn Mills, Kent County, Ontario, the son of John William Ecclestone, of Loddon and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England and the former Ann Jane Chiltick, born Brookeborough, Fermanagh, Ireland. In 1890, Ecclestone married Alice Warner Jacobs. He served as mayor of Bracebridge, as president of the local board of trade and as chairman of the Bracebridge Power and Light Commission. Ecclestone was elected to the assembly in a 1916 by-election held following the death of Samuel Henry Armstrong.[1]

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  1. Book: Normandin, A L. Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 . 1931 .