George Taylor Fulford (6 May 1902 – 15 December 1987) was a Canadian businessman and politician who served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Fulford was born in Brockville, Ontario, and he became an executive and manufacturer, particularly as president of medicine manufacturer G. T. Fulford Co.

Life and career

Fulford graduated from the University of Toronto, and he also attended Harvard University.

George Fulford

In 1934, Fulford was elected as a Liberal to the Ontario legislature for the Leeds riding, serving under Mitchell Hepburn's government. After leaving provincial politics due to his defeat in 1937, Fulford was elected to the House of Commons for the Leeds riding in the 1940 federal election. He was defeated in the 1945 federal election by George Robert Webb of the Progressive Conservative party.

George Fulford

Fulford returned to Parliament by winning the riding in the 1949 federal election over a new Progressive Conservative candidate, John Lionel Carroll. After that term, Fulford was defeated by the Progressive Conservative party's Hayden Stanton in 1953. Fulford was unsuccessful in unseating Stanton in the 1957 and 1958 elections.

George Fulford

Fulford switched his support to the Progressive Conservative party in 1970, following a dispute over federal Liberal language policies. He died at a hospital in Brockville in 1987, at the age of 85.

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1902 births

1987 deaths

Harvard University alumni

Liberal Party of Canada MPs

Ontario Liberal Party MPPs

Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario

People from Brockville

University of Toronto alumni