Nehemiah George Massey | |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1903 |
Birth Place: | Courtown near Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland |
Death Place: | Delta, British Columbia |
Residence: | Ladner, British Columbia |
Office: | MLA for Delta |
Term: | 1956–1960 |
Party: | Social Credit Party of British Columbia |
Alma Mater: | Hanford Trade School |
Nehemiah George Massey (September 5, 1903 – April 8, 1964) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1960, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Delta.[1] [2] He was defeated when he sought a second term in the 1960 provincial election.
Massey was born in Courtown near Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1922 to avoid threats by the Irish Republican Army.
Massey lived in Regina and moved to Ladner, British Columbia in 1936.[3] He worked at a logging camp, farm hand and mechanic.
The George Massey Tunnel was renamed in his honour.