page_title: George Halsey Perley
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: George Halsey Perley / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Digital Image Number: I0004877.jpg Title: Sir George Perley and his wife meeting with Turner, a senior Canadian Officer during World War I Date: [ca. 1918] Creator: Unknown photographer. Canadian Expeditionary Forces albums Format: Black and white print Reference Code: C 224 Item Reference Code: C 224-0-0-11-42 Subject: War,World War, 1914-1918,Politicians,Military officers
context_page_description: Sir George Halsey Perley, GCMG PC was an American-born Canadian politician and diplomat.
context_section_description: He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Conservative MP for Argenteuil in 1904, having failed to defeat Mr. W. C. Edwards for the seat in Russell County during the election of 1900. Perley served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Minister of the Overseas Military Forces in the World War I government of Sir Robert Borden. He did not run for re-election in the 1917 federal election in order to concentrate on his duties in London. He returned to the House of Commons in the 1925 federal election and subsequently served as Secretary of State for Canada in the short-lived 1926 government of Arthur Meighen and then as Minister without Portfolio in the government of R. B. Bennett following the 1930 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1935 federal election which also saw the defeat of Bennett's government, and remained an MP until his death in 1938.
caption: Perley and his wife inspecting Lt. Gen. Sir Richard Turner during World War I
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