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George Taylor MacNutt

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George Taylor MacNutt
Member of Parliament
for Colchester
In office
October 1925 – July 1930
Preceded byHarold Putnam
Succeeded byMartin Luther Urquhart
Personal details
Born
George Taylor MacNutt

(1865-12-19)19 December 1865
Stewiacke, Nova Scotia
Died24 May 1937(1937-05-24) (aged 71)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Sadie B. Pollock
m. 22 June 1892 (died by 1929)[1]
Professioncontractor, lumber merchant

George Taylor MacNutt (19 December 1865 – 24 May 1937) was a Canadian businessman and politician. MacNutt served as a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and became a contractor and lumber merchant.

MacNutt attended public school in Nova Scotia, then Truro Academy. He campaigned in the 1911 Nova Scotia provincial election for a seat at Guysborough riding but was not successful.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Colchester riding in the 1925 general election. MacNutt was re-elected there in the 1926 election then defeated by Martin Luther Urquhart of the Liberal party in the 1930 federal election.

Electoral record

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1925 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Taylor MacNutt 6,405
Liberal Maynard B. Archibald 3,394
1926 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Taylor MacNutt 6,067
Liberal Alfred Dickie 4,049
1930 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Martin Luther Urquhart 6,131
Conservative George Taylor MacNutt 5,734
Source: lop.parl.ca

References

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  1. ^ a b Normandin, A.L. (1929). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company.
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