death_date constituency_mp nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize profession term_start image name caption predecessor parliament birth_place party successor article_title
14 november 1901 wellington centre canadian 19 january 1837 1887 university of st andrews winnipeg , ontario 230px physician , politician 1874 georgeturnerorton23.jpg george turner orton george turner orton source : library and archives canada james ross canadian guelph , upper canada liberal-conservative andrew semple george turner orton

george turner orton

george turner orton -lrb- january 19 , 1837 -- november 14 , 1901 -rrb- was a physician and political figure in ontario , canada .
he represented wellington centre in the canadian house of commons from 1874 to 1887 as a liberal-conservative .
he was born in guelph , upper canada , the son of dr. henry orton , who came to upper canada from england , and mary jerram .
he studied medicine at the college of surgeons in dublin and the university of st andrews in scotland .
he graduated from the university of st andrews school of medicine with an m.d. in 1860 .
after practicing in england , orton returned to ancaster , ontario where he set up practice with his brother t.j. orton , later moving to fergus .
he served as surgeon for the county militia .
orton ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1872 .
in 1883 , he moved to winnipeg .
orton was surgeon for a brigade which served during the north-west rebellion .
he also served as medical officer for the canadian pacific railway and coroner for british columbia .
orton married ann farmer .
he was defeated in a bid for reelection in 1887 .
orton also served as reeve for fergus .
in 1888 , he was named medical officer for the federal department of indian affairs .
he died in winnipeg at the age of 64 .
the community of orton , ontario was named in his honour .
