George Ritchie Maxwell

George Ritchie Maxwell
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Burrard
In office
1896–1902
Preceded by Electoral district was created in 1902
Succeeded by Robert George Macpherson
Personal details
Born (1857-01-11)January 11, 1857
Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died November 17, 1902(1902-11-17) (aged 45)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Political party Liberal

George Ritchie Maxwell (January 11, 1857 November 17, 1902) was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and politician.

Born in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1880. He migrated to Canada in 1885 serving as a minister in Quebec eventually setting in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1890. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the British Columbia riding of Burrard in 1896. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900. He died in office in 1902 from intestinal cancer.

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