What key details about george c. pidgeon can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: george campbell pidgeon -lrb- march 2 , 1872 - june 15 , 1971 -rrb- was a christian minister , first in the presbyterian church in canada and then in the united church of canada , as well as the last moderator of the presbyterian church before amalgamation and the first moderator of the newly formed united church of canada . he was a strong proponent of the proposed union of churches and later in life championed ecumenism . pidgeon was ordained by the presbyterian church in 1894 and earned his doctor of divinity degree from montreal 's presbyterian college . his first posting was at montreal west presbyterian church -lrb- now montreal west united church -rrb- . he then moved to the toronto area , serving first in the streetsville area -lrb- now mississauga -rrb- , before moving to the west toronto junction area . from 1909 to 1915 , he left pastoral ministry to teach theology at westminster hall in vancouver . he then returned to toronto in 1916 , where he served as minister of bloor street presbyterian -lrb- now bloor street united church -rrb- . he became moderator of the presbyterian church in 1925 , and was a strong proponent of the proposed church union between the presbyterian , methodist and congregationalist churches in canada . however , a substantial minority of presbyterians remained opposed to church union . their threat to the entire project was resolved by giving individual presbyterian congregations the right to vote on whether to enter or remain outside the united church . in the end , 302 out of 4,509 congregations of the presbyterian church -lrb- 211 from southern ontario -rrb- chose to reconstitute themselves as a '' continuing '' presbyterian church in canada . the ecumenical tone of the new church was set at the first general council in 1925 . the former methodist general superintendent s. d. chown was considered the leading candidate to become the first moderator because the methodist church made up the largest segment of the new united church . however , in a surprise move , dr. chown...
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- title is '' canada '' ' ' 1st moderator of the united church of- caption is pidgeon wing of royal york road united church , toronto , dedicates canada , april 7 , 1958 the cornerstone of the new christian education- term is june 10 , 1925 - 1926- successor is james endicott- ordination is 1894- death date is 15 june 1971- birth date is 2 march 1872- name is george c. pidgeon- image size is thumb- image is file : george c pidgeon.jpg- death place is toronto , ontario- alma mater is presbyterian college , montreal westminster hall , vancouver