George Washington Stephens
George Washington Stephens, Jr. (born August 3, 1866 in Montreal , Canada , † February 6, 1942 in Los Angeles , California ) was a Canadian politician and officer. From March 18, 1926 to June 8, 1927 he was President of the Saar Government Commission .
Life
George Washington Stephens was the son of the Canadian politician George Stephens (1832-1904) and his first wife Elizabeth McIntosh. He attended high school in Montreal and studied at the universities of Geneva , the University of Marburg and the University of Hanover . He then worked in business and was, among other things, President of the Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal. In the meantime, Stephens served in the Canadian Army from 1898 to 1902 , most recently as Lieutenant Colonel .
In 1905, like his father, he was elected as a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Québec . Stephens was a member of parliament until 1908.
From 1907 Stephens served as President of the Montreal Port Commission until 1912.
From 1923 he was a member of the Saar government commission and later its president (1926–1927).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria Zenner: Parties and politics in the Saar area under the League of Nations regime 1920–1935 , Commission publisher Minerva-Verlag Thinnes & Nolte, 1966, p. 422.
- ↑ Georg May: Ludwig Kaas: the priest, the politician and the learned , Volume 2, p. 112.
Victor Rault (1920–1926) | George W. Stephens, Jr. (1926-1927) | Ernest Wilton (1927-1932) | Geoffrey Knox (1932-1935)
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| SURNAME | Stephens, George Washington |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stephens, George Washington Junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician and officer, President of the Saar Government Commission (1926–1927) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1942 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |