George Bulyea
George Hedley Vicars Bulyea (born February 17, 1859 in Gagetown , New Brunswick , † June 22, 1928 in Peachland , British Columbia ) was a Canadian politician . From 1905 to 1915 he was the first lieutenant governor of the province of Alberta .
biography
After Bulyea had successfully completed the Gagetown Grammar School, he enrolled in 1878 at the University of New Brunswick in the field of art. He finished his studies with a bachelor's degree and was also best in mathematics and French, for which he received awards. On January 29, 1889, Bulyea married Annie Blanche Babbit in New Brunswick. He had a son with her, but he died at the age of fifteen. In 1892 he moved with his wife to western Canada, lived in Winnipeg for a year and then settled in Qu'Appelle . Until 1907 he worked there in the furniture, flour and feed trade.
His political career began in 1891, when he was a candidate for the legislative assembly of the Northwest Territories . He was successful in the Qu'Appelle constituency and was re-elected in 1894. On October 7, 1897, he was appointed to the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories, which had the task of administering the areas that roughly correspond to present-day Alberta, Saskatchewan and Yukon. With another election only three weeks later, Bulyea was able to prevail again. In 1898, Bulyea was appointed special adviser. He held this office until 1905 when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created. Frederick Haultain , Prime Minister of the Northwest Territories, appointed him Minister of Agriculture in 1899. After he was re-elected in 1902, he served from 1903 as a commissioner for infrastructure construction.
On the recommendation of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier , Governor General Albert Gray, 4th Earl Gray appointed Bulyea lieutenant governor of the new province of Alberta. This office, which was the high point of his career, he took up on September 1, 1905, the day the province was founded. In 1910 he was confirmed for another term and finally resigned on October 20, 1915.
He died in Peachland on July 22, 1928 and was buried in the Qu'Appelle cemetery.
Web links
- George Bulyea . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
- Biography on the Alberta Legislative Assembly website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bulyea, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bulyea, George Hedley Vicars |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gagetown , New Brunswick |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1928 |
| Place of death | Peachland , British Columbia |