George Perry Graham
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The Right Hon. George Perry Graham |
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| Senator for Eganville, Ontario | |
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In office 1926–1943 |
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| Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Essex South |
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In office 1921–1925 |
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| Preceded by | John Wesley Brien |
| Succeeded by | Eccles James Gott |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Renfrew South |
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In office 1912–1917 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Andrew Low |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Ellis Pedlow |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Brockville |
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In office 1907–1911 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Derbyshire |
| Succeeded by | John Webster |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1898–1907 |
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| Preceded by | George Augustus Dana |
| Succeeded by | Albert Edward Donovan |
| Constituency | Brockville |
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March 31, 1859 Eganville, Canada West |
| Died | January 1, 1943 (aged 83) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations |
Ontario Liberal Party |
George Perry Graham, PC (31 March 1859 – 1 January 1943) was a journalist, editor and politician in Ontario, Canada.
In the 1898 Ontario provincial election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 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.
When Ross resigned as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1907, Graham briefly succeeded him, but quickly left later that year for federal politics when he was appointed Minister of Railway and Canals in the Liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Ross won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons 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.
In 1921, he served in a number of defence portfolios in the Cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He lost his seat in the 1925 federal election, but was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1926, and sat in that body until his death in 1943.
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