George William Kyte Explained

George William Kyte
Constituency Mp1:Richmond
Parliament1:Canada
Predecessor1:Duncan Finlayson
Term Start1:1908
Term End1:1917
Constituency Mp2:Cape Breton South and Richmond
Alongside2:William F. Carroll
Parliament2:Canada
Predecessor2:John Carey Douglas
Robert Hamilton Butts
Term Start2:1921
Term End2:1925
Birth Date:10 July 1864
Birth Place:St. Peters, Nova Scotia
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal
Portfolio:Whip of the Liberal Party (1922–1924)
Chief Government Whip (1922–1925)

George William Kyte, (July 10, 1864  - November 6, 1940) was a Canadian politician from the province of Nova Scotia.

Born in St. Peters, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, the son of John and Elizabeth (Robertson), Kyte was educated in public schools in St. Peter's and St. Francis Xavier University. He taught school for four years and then studied law in the office of C. F. McIsaac, K.C., in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He was admitted to the Bar on November 16, 1891, and began practice of law in St. Peters in 1892. He was appointed Assistant Clerk, Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1892. He was reappointed in 1895, 1898, and 1902. In 1903 he was appointed Clerk. He was made a King's Counsel by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, Duncan Cameron Fraser, in 1908.

He resigned in 1908 to contest the electoral district of Richmond in the 1908 federal election as a Liberal candidate and was elected. He was re-elected in the 1911 election. He was defeated in 1917 in the riding of Cape Breton South and Richmond. He was elected in the 1921 election and defeated in the 1925 election for the electoral district of Richmond—West Cape Breton. He was Chief Government Whip from 1922 to 1925. Harry Raymond Fleming is his son-in-law.

Kyte Charges

George Kyte also started the investigation of faulty weapon production during World War I, later titled The Kyte Charges in his name.

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