George Alexander Walkem was a mechanical engineer, businessman and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Richmond-Point Grey

Richmond-Point Grey

Richmond-Point Grey was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election of 1924 and lasted only through the election of 1928....

 from 1924 to 1928 as a Provincial Party

Provincial Party of British Columbia

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 member and Vancouver City

Vancouver City (electoral district)

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 from 1928 to 1933 as a Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

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 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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He was born in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

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, the son of Richard Walkem and the former Miss Henderson, and was educated in Kingston and at McGill University

McGill University

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. In 1909, he married Mary Collins. Walkem served in the Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers

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 during World War I

World War I

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. He was reeve of Point Grey from 1923 to 1924. Walkem was president of the Vancouver Machinery Depot Ltd., the Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. and the B.C. Dock Co. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East, were...

 in 1933 as a member of the Non-Partisan Independent Group. He died in Vancouver at the age of 74.