| Honorific prefix | The Right Honourable |
|---|---|
| Office | Canadian Senator from Ontario |
| Appointer | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Term start | December 20, 1926 |
| Term end | January 1, 1943 |
| Riding 2 | Essex South |
| Parliament 2 | Canadian |
| Predecessor 2 | John Wesley Brien |
| Successor 2 | Eccles James Gott |
| Term start 2 | December 6, 1921 |
| Term end 2 | October 28, 1925 |
| Riding 3 | Renfrew South |
| Parliament 3 | Canadian |
| Predecessor 3 | Thomas Andrew Low |
| Successor 3 | Isaac Ellis Pedlow |
| Term start 3 | February 2, 1912 |
| Term end 3 | December 16, 1917 |
| Riding 4 | Brockville |
| Parliament 4 | Canadian |
| Predecessor 4 | Daniel Derbyshire |
| Successor 4 | John Webster |
| Term start 4 | September 18, 1907 |
| Term end 4 | September 20, 1911 |
| Office 5 | Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brockville |
| Predecessor 5 | George Augustus Dana |
| Successor 5 | Albert Edward Donovan |
| Term start 5 | March 1, 1898 |
| Term end 5 | September 5, 1907 |
| Constituency 5 | Brockville |
| Birth date | March 31, 1859 |
| Birth place | Eganville, Canada West |
| Death date | January 1, 1943 (aged 83) |
| Death place | Brockville, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Other party | Ontario Liberal Party |
George Perry Graham, (March 31, 1859 – January 1, 1943) was a journalist, editor and politician in Ontario, Canada.
Background
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.
Graham was unanimously elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party by the party's caucus on January 25, 1907, following the resignation of George William Ross.[1][2] On August 30, 1907, Graham was appointed Minister of Railways and Canals by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier[3] and resigned as both leader and MPP for Brockville in September.[4]
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. He was appointed as a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada in 1907[5] and as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1925.[6]
See also
- Canadian journalists
- Politics of Canada
References
- ^ "A Caucus of the Liberal Members to Choose Chief". The Toronto Star. 14 January 1907. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "George P. Graham Chosen Leader of the Opposition". The Toronto Star. 25 January 1907. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ "George Perry Graham". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ Office, Privy Council (2017-12-11). "King's Privy Council for Canada - Privy Council Office". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ "Page 4259 | Issue 33060, 26 June 1925 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-14.