He was born in Winchester, Ontario, the son of James George Challies and Margaret Bow. On May 27, 1914, he married Jean Kennedy Gibson, daughter of Matthew Gibson and Fanny Merkley. Jean died on March 27, 1929, at the age of 44 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada with her father and brother.
Challies was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy. In 1929, he was Reeve of Morrisburg. He was president of the Dominion Toilet Brush Company and Dominion Coach Lines. Challies served as Provincial Secretary and Registrar from 1931 to 1934 and as Minister without Portfolio from 1943 to 1948 and from 1949 to 1955. Challies was also a member of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission (later Ontario Hydro).
George H. Challies died on March 15, 1976, and was buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada with his parents and maternal grandparents.
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george, holmes, challies, august, 1884, march, 1976, ontario, merchant, political, figure, represented, dundas, then, grenville, dundas, legislative, assembly, ontario, conservative, then, progressive, conservative, member, from, 1929, 1955, ontario, mppin, of. George Holmes Challies August 26 1884 March 15 1976 was an Ontario merchant and political figure He represented Dundas and then Grenville Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member from 1929 to 1955 George Holmes ChalliesOntario MPPIn office 1929 1934Preceded byGeorge SmythSucceeded byRiding abolishedConstituencyDundasIn office 1934 1955Preceded byJames Alfred Sanderson in Grenville riding Succeeded byFrederick CassConstituencyGrenville DundasPersonal detailsBorn 1884 08 24 August 24 1884Winchester OntarioDiedMarch 15 1976 1976 03 15 aged 91 Chesterville OntarioPolitical partyProgressive ConservativeSpouseJean Kennedy Gibson m 1914 wbr OccupationBusinessmanHe was born in Winchester Ontario the son of James George Challies and Margaret Bow On May 27 1914 he married Jean Kennedy Gibson daughter of Matthew Gibson and Fanny Merkley Jean died on March 27 1929 at the age of 44 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Morrisburg Ontario Canada with her father and brother Challies was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy In 1929 he was Reeve of Morrisburg He was president of the Dominion Toilet Brush Company and Dominion Coach Lines Challies served as Provincial Secretary and Registrar from 1931 to 1934 and as Minister without Portfolio from 1943 to 1948 and from 1949 to 1955 Challies was also a member of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission later Ontario Hydro George H Challies died on March 15 1976 and was buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery in Chesterville Ontario Canada with his parents and maternal grandparents External links editOntario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history Stormont Dundas and Glengarry a history 1784 1945 JG Harkness 1946 Stormont Dundas and Glengarry 1945 1978 C amp F Marin 1982 nbsp This article about a Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MPP is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Holmes Challies amp oldid 1144892469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
