George Bohun Martin

George Bohun Martin (December 25, 1842[1] – August 29, 1933[2]) was an English-born farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Yale from 1882 to 1894 and Yale-North from 1894 to 1898 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.[1]

He was born in Yorkshire, the son of Captain George Bohun Martin[3][4] and Isabella Harriet Briggs, and was educated at Cheltenham.[1] Martin began a career in the Royal Navy, serving in the Baltic and in India, but was forced to retire due to illness. He came to British Columbia in 1862, working as a clerk with the Hudson's Bay Company until 1865, when he purchased a ranch on the South Thompson River.[4] Martin was first elected to the assembly in an 1882 by-election held following the death of Preston Bennett. He served in the Executive Council as Commissioner of Lands and Works.[1] Martin was defeated by Francis John Deane when he ran for reelection in 1898.[5] He died in Victoria at the age of 91.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gemmill, John A (1897). The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897. p. 375.
  2. 1 2 "Vital Event Death Registration". Search BC Archives. British Columbia Archives. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  3. ↑ O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Wikisource link to Martin, George Bohun". Wikisource link to A Naval Biographical Dictionary. John Murray. Wikisource.
  4. 1 2 Kamloops mining camp. Kamloops: Baillie & Bennett. 1897. p. 28. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  5. ↑ Wade, Mark S. (1907). The Thompson country : being notes on the history of southern British Columbia ... Kamloops: Sentinel Print. p. 123. Retrieved 2009-11-03.


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