George Harrison Dunbar was an Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 political figure. He represented Ottawa South

Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)

Ottawa South is a riding in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Ottawa. It is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 as a Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 and then Progressive Conservative member from 1937 to 1959.

He was born in Richmond, Ontario

Richmond, Ontario

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, the son of Thomas Dunbar, and was educated in Kemptville

Kemptville, Ontario

Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Southern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville...

. In 1892, he married a Miss Coxford. He served as a captain during World War I

World War I

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. Dunbar was controller for the city of Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

. He ran for mayor of Ottawa in 1938

Ottawa municipal election, 1938

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, but placed third. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1943 to 1955 and Minister of Reform Institutions from 1946 to 1948; Dunbar was Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario

Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario

The Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario was a senior position in the provincial cabinet of Ontario from before Canadian Confederation until the 1960s....

 from 1943 to 1946 and from 1955 to 1958.

The George Dunbar Bridge

George Dunbar Bridge

The George Dunbar Bridge is a vehicular and pedestrian bridge in Ottawa, Ontario carrying Bronson Avenue over the Rideau River and connecting it to the Airport Parkway. The original Dunbar Bridge was completed in 1955. It was demolished in December 1994. The current bridge was constructed in...

 which crosses the Rideau River

Rideau River

thumb|Rapids on the Rideau River opposite [[Carleton University]].The Rideau River is a Southern Ontario river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 km...

near Carleton University in Ottawa was named in his honour.

External links

• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario