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Colin Genge

Colin Melville Genge
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
1909–1910
Preceded by Malcolm McKenzie
Succeeded by Robert Patterson
Constituency Macleod
Personal details
Born (1859-10-02)October 2, 1859
Kingston, Ontario
Died March 25, 1910(1910-03-25) (aged 50)
Edmonton, Alberta
Political party Alberta Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Anne May Ryan

Colin Melville Genge (October 2, 1859 – March 25, 1910) was a politician, contractor and business man from Alberta, Canada.

Genge was born in Kingston Ontario in the year 1859. He moved to Fort Macleod, Alberta in 1881 and married his wife Anne May Ryan in 1884. Upon moving to Fort Macleod Genge became involved in numerous local business ventures. He operated a hardware store, owned a sandstone quarry, and ran the Fort Macleod Telephone Company.

Along with his retail and telecom ventures Genge also worked as a contractor. He designed and built the Queens Hotel in 1903 using sandstone from his own quarry.

Genge became interested in politics and started his career on the municipal level serving 2 terms as Mayor of Fort Macleod beginning in 1904.

Genge was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election. He defeated Conservative Party candidate E.P. McNeill in a hotly contested election. Genge died less than a full year in his first term in office in 1910 vacating his seat in the legislature.

A book entitled "Colin Melville Genge: Mayor of Fort Macleod, 1900 and elected Member of Provincial Parliament, 1910" written by Marilyn Shaw-Guisset(2000) is a biography of this Genge person.



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