George Albert McGuire was a dentist and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Vancouver City

Vancouver City (electoral district)

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 from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 as a Conservative

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He was born in Mount Forest, Ontario

Mount Forest, Ontario

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 and received a D.D.S.

Dental degree

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 from the University of Maryland

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 in 1892. He moved to Vancouver later that year, where he practised as a dentist until his retirement in 1951. McGuire served in the provincial cabinet as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education. He was president of the British Columbia Dental Association in 1906. McGuire died in Coquitlam

Coquitlam, British Columbia

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at the age of 84.