George Russell Boucher
Canadian politician
Died when: 70 years 330 days (850 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
George Russell Boucher (December 13, 1899 – November 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician and barrister.Born in Dunrobin, Ontario, Boucher (pronounced like voucher, not as in the French) was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Carleton.
He succeeded Alonzo Hyndman who died shortly after his re-election in the March 1940 federal election.He was a member of the Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa.
Boucher was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative.He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader George A.
Drew, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a by-election.
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