George Faulds Stirling

George Faulds Stirling (1877[1] – November 7, 1966[2]) was an English-born educator, rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Salmon Arm in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1942 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.

He was born in Middleboro and came to Canada in the early 1900s. Stirling first worked in lumber camps in British Columbia as a logger and carpenter. He next worked as a clerk and immigration agent, then as a teacher in the Okanagan region.[1] Stirling ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1912 as a Socialist candidate, in 1924 as a Labour candidate and in 1933 and 1937 as a CCF candidate before being elected in a 1942 by-election held after the death of Rolf Wallgren Bruhn. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1945.[3] He also ran unsuccessfully for the Kamloops federal seat in 1935. Stirling later owned a ranch on Shuswap Lake.[1] He died in Victoria at the age of 88.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies. 
  2. ^ a b "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221966-09-014343%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13280%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1. Retrieved 2011-12-01. 
  3. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986". Elections BC. http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-27.