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    George R. Gray

    George R. Gray, track and field athlete (b at Coldwater, Canada W 4 May 1865; d at Sault Ste Marie, Ont 7 Jan 1933). After high school he competed for 17 years at his specialty, putting the shot, without being defeated.

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    George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie

    Known for his authoritarian views, Dalhousie clashed with the French Canadian majority led by Louis-Joseph PAPINEAU. He was recalled in 1828, and a British parliamentary committee was formed to deal with the Canadian situation.

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    George Ramsay Cook

    George Ramsay Cook, historian (born 28 November 1931 in Alameda, Saskatchewan; died 14 July 2016 in Toronto, Ontario). Educated at the UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA (BA), QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (MA) and the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (U of T) (PhD), Ramsay Cook taught history first at U of T and later at YORK UNIVERSITY until his retirement in 1996.

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    George Randolph Pearkes

    George Randolph Pearkes, soldier, politician (b at Watford, Eng 26 Feb 1888; d at Victoria 30 May 1984). He immigrated to Canada in 1906, homesteaded in Alberta, and then joined the RN WMP. He enlisted in the 2nd Canadian Mounted

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    George Richard Renfrew

    George Richard Renfrew, furrier, businessman (born 9 February 1831 in Québec, QC; died 4 September 1897 in Shipley, England). After his father died in 1834 in Québec during a cholera epidemic, Renfrew was brought up in Montréal by an aunt and uncle.

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    George Reed

    George Robert Reed, CM, SOM, football player (born 2 October 1939 in Vicksburg, Mississippi; died 1 October 2023 in Regina, SK). George Reed was a fullback with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1963–75) and one of the best players in Canadian Football League (CFL) history. A Grey Cup champion and the game’s MVP in 1966, Reed set 44 CFL records, including 16,116 rushing yards, 134 rushing touchdowns, 11 seasons with more than 1,000 yards, and 300 passes caught for 2,772 yards. A nine-time CFL All-Star and the 1965 Schenley Award winner as the league’s best player, Reed was also president of the CFL Players' Association and was heavily involved in charity work. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum, the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, among many other honours.

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    George Ryga

    George Ryga, playwright, novelist (b at Deep Cr, Alta 27 July 1932; d at Summerland, BC 18 Nov 1987). Raised in a Ukrainian farm community in northern Alberta, Ryga received little formal education but nevertheless established himself as a prominent Canadian writer.

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    George S. Mathieson

    George S. (Simpson) Mathieson. Organizational pioneer, b Glasgow 16 Dec 1873, d Winnipeg 7 Feb 1951. After an apprenticeship in the grain business in Scotland, he joined the Norris Grain Co in Winnipeg and rose to a vice-presidency.

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    George Sawa

    George (Dimitri) Sawa. Ethnomusicologist, b Alexandria, Egypt, 18 Jan 1947; B SC (Alexandria) 1969, Diploma performance and theory (RSM) 1970, Licentiate music education (RSM) 1970, MA musicology (Toronto) 1971, PH D Middle East and Islamic studies (Toronto) 1983.

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    George Seymour Lyon

    Although an outstanding all-round athlete, his chief claim to fame is his gold medal victory in golf in the 1904 Olympics at St Louis. At age 38 George Lyon took up golf and between 1898 and 1914 won the Canadian Amateur title 8 times.

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    George Sidney Brett

    George Sidney Brett, philosopher (b at Briton Ferry, Wales 5 Aug 1879; d at Toronto 27 Oct 1944).

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    George Sleeman

    George Sleeman, brewer, businessman, politician, Canadian baseball pioneer (born 1 August 1841 in St. Davids, Canada West; died 16 December 1926 in Guelph, ON.) Sleeman was born into a family whose involvement in the brewing industry began in Cornwall, England. The Silver Creek Brewery, which the Sleeman family established in Guelph in 1851, was the forerunner of Sleeman Breweries. Sleeman was prominently involved in Guelph’s business and social interests, including the building of the city’s street railway system and serving as the city’s first mayor (see Transportation; Municipal Government). As the president and chief financial backer of the Guelph Maple Leafs baseball team, Sleeman also played a notable role in the development of baseball in Canada.

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    George Smale

    George (Albert) Smale. Organist-choirmaster, educator, b Delaware Township, near London, Ont, 12 May 1905, d Brantford, Ont, 10 Jan 1994; ATCM organ 1934, ATCM voice 1934, honorary FRCCO (1989).

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    George Spence

    George Spence, homesteader, politician, civil servant (b at Birsey, Orkney I, Scot 25 Oct 1879; d at Regina 4 Mar 1975).

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    George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen

    George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, banker, railway president (b at Dufftown, Scot 5 June 1829; d at Hatfield, Eng 29 Nov 1921). Stephen has been described as the person most responsible for the success of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RY.

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