George Stearns (politician)

George McClellan (Mac) Stearns (17 December 1901 9 January 1979) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an industrialist by career, starting up and running the Mégantic Pulp & Paper Company.

George McClellan (Mac) Stearns
Member of Parliament
for Compton—Frontenac
In office
March 1958  June 1962
Personal details
Born(1901-12-17)17 December 1901
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
Died9 January 1979(1979-01-09) (aged 77)
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ProfessionIndustrialist

Stearns was born in the small rural town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. He and his wife had three children together, to whom he passed down his successful Mégantic-area Pulp & Paper company after he died. After an unsuccessful attempt to win the Compton—Frontenac riding in the 1957 federal election, he was elected in the 1958 election. He served one term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, before leaving federal office and did not campaign for re-election in 1962.

In 1979, he died aged 77 in Lac Megantic.[1]

References

  1. "Il y a trente ans (30 years ago)" (in French). L'écho de Frontenac. 17 January 1999. Retrieved 15 May 2009. ... est décédé à l'âge de 77 ans (died at age 77)


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