George Ewan McCraney was a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer and politician.

Born in Bothwell, Ontario

Ontario

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, his father was Daniel McCraney

Daniel McCraney

Daniel McCraney was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Kent East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1885 as a Liberal member....

, a lawyer and political figure who represented Kent East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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. McCraney was educated at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 where he graduated a B.A. in 1892 and an LL.B. in 1895. He was first returned to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 at a by-election held in February 1906 for the riding of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan (electoral district)

Saskatchewan was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1906 to 1908....

, after the resignation of the sitting MP, John Henderson Lamont

John Henderson Lamont

John Henderson Lamont was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

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 and 1911

Canadian federal election, 1911

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 for the riding of Saskatoon

Saskatoon (electoral district)

Saskatoon was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1935 and from 1949 to 1968.This riding was created in 1907 from parts of Assiniboia West, Humboldt and Saskatchewan ridings....

. He did not stand for re-election in 1917

Canadian federal election, 1917

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