predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party office term term_start birth_date spouse article_title term_end name occupation
simon james dawson albert dyment canadian toronto , canada west algoma 3 april 1920 lethbridge , alberta conservative mayor bay , ontario -rrb- of port arthur , ontario -lrb- present-day thunder 1886 -- 1888 , 1900 1891 10 february 1851 eliza death -rrb- mccracken -lrb- m. 1876 -- 1893 ; her george hugh macdonell
 1896 george h. macdonell contractor
george hugh macdonell

george hugh macdonell -lrb- february 10 , 1851 -- april 1 , 1920 -rrb- was a contractor and political figure in ontario , canada .
he represented algoma in the canadian house of commons from 1891 to 1896 as a conservative member .
he was born in toronto , canada west , the son of duncan macdonell , and was educated in williamstown and at bishop 's college in lennoxville , quebec .
he continued his education in the military schools of montreal and served with colonel garnet wolseley in the red river expedition .
macdonell operated a warehouse in montreal for several years .
he was then hired by contractors working on the canadian pacific railway , later going into business on his own and moving to port arthur .
in 1876 , macdonell married eliza mccracken .
macdonell was also involved in mining and was an insurance agent .
macdonell was mayor of port arthur from 1886 to 1888 .
he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the ontario assembly in 1890 .
macdonell defeated daniel francis burk in the 1887 federal election but was defeated by albert dyment when he ran for reelection to the house of commons in 1896 .
his wife , eliza died in 1893 .
he was elected port arthur mayor again in 1900 but left to pursue business interests in manitoba .
later , he was named dominion lands agent for medicine hat and then lethbridge .
george hugh macdonnell died in lethbridge on april 1 , 1920 .
he was buried at the lethbridge cemetery .
