George Perry Graham

The Honourable George Perry Graham PC
Graham in 1922
Senator for Eganville, Ontario
In office 1926–1943
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Essex South
In office 1921–1925
Preceded by	John Wesley Brien
Succeeded by	Eccles James Gott
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Renfrew South
In office 1912–1917
Preceded by	Thomas Andrew Low
Succeeded by	Isaac Ellis Pedlow
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Brockville
In office 1907–1911
Preceded by	Daniel Derbyshire
Succeeded by	John Webster
Ontario MPP
In office 1898–1907
Preceded by	George Augustus Dana
Succeeded by	Albert Edward Donovan
Constituency	Brockville
Personal details
Born	(1859-03-31)March 31, 1859 Eganville, Canada West
Died	January 1, 1943(1943-01-01) (aged 83) Brockville, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Ontario Liberal Party

George Perry Graham, PC (March 31, 1859 – January 1, 1943) was a journalist, editor and politician in Ontario, Canada.

In the 1898 Ontario provincial election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Brockville, and re-elected in 1902 and 1905. In 1904, he was appointed to the cabinet as Provincial Secretary by Premier George William Ross and served in that position until the Ross government lost the election of 1905.

When Ross resigned as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1907, Graham briefly succeeded him, but quickly left later that year for federal politics when he was appointed Minister of Railway and Canals in the Liberal government of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Ross won the Brockville seat in the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election in 1907. He was defeated in the 1911 federal election that brought Robert Borden's Conservatives to power, but returned to the House of Commons in a 1912 by-election. He did not run in the 1917 election, but then was elected in Essex South in 1921.

In 1921, he served in a number of defence portfolios (Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the Naval Service from 1921 to 1922 and then as Minister of Defence from January 1 to April 27, 1923) in the first cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He lost his seat in the 1925 federal election, but was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1926, and sat in that body until his death in 1943.

1908 Canadian federal election: Brockville
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hon. G. P. Graham	2,144
	Conservative	John Webster	2,000

1911 Canadian federal election: Brockville
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Webster	2,251
	Liberal	Hon. G. P. Graham	2,140

See also

• Canadian journalists
• Politics of Canada

References

• George Perry Graham – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
• George Perry Graham fonds, Library and Archives Canada

External links

• Media related to George Perry Graham at Wikimedia Commons