George Steel (1858-?) was a
politician in Manitoba
, Canada
. He
served in the
Legislative Assembly of
Manitoba from 1899 to 1915.
Steel was
born in Ayrshire
, Scotland
, and was
educated at public schools in Lorne and Dallegles. He worked
as a farmer, and resided in
Glenboro,
Manitoba. In religion, Steel was a
Presbyterian.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
1899 provincial election,
defeating
Liberal incumbent
Alfred Doig by 98 votes in the
constituency of
Cypress.
He identified himself as a "Liberal-Conservative", and sat as a
backbench supporter the
Conservative
administrations led by
Hugh John
Macdonald and
Rodmond P.
Roblin.
Steel was re-elected in the
1903 election as a
Liberal-Conservative, and in the elections of
1907,
1910 and
1914 as a Conservative. He
continued to serve as a backbench supporter of Roblin's
administration throughout this period.
In 1915, the Roblin government was forced to resign amid a serious
corruption scandal.
A
new election was called, which the
Liberals won in a landslide. Steel
lost his constituency seat to Liberal
Andrew Myles by sixty-two votes.
References
- Page 216.
- Ibid., page 218.
- Ibid., page 220.
- Ibid., page 222.
- Ibid., page 224.
- Ibid., page 226.