Gilbert Ganong

Gilbert Ganong

Infobox_Person
name = Gilbert White Ganong


imagesize = 180px
caption = The Hon. Gilbert White Ganong
birth_date = birth date|1851|5|22
birth_place = Springfield, New Brunswick
Canada flagicon|Canada
death_date = death date and age|1917|10|31|1851|5|22|mf=y
death_place = St. Stephen, New Brunswick
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resting_place = St. Stephen Rural Cemetery
residence = St. Stephen, New Brunswick
education =
occupation = Businessman, politician, statesman
party = Liberal-Conservative
spouse = Maria Famicha Robinson
children = No children
parents = Francis Daniel Ganong &
Deborah Ruth Kierstead
religion = Baptist

Gilbert White Ganong (May 22, 1851 – October 31, 1917) was a Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and co-founder of Ganong Bros. Limited, candy makers in the town of St. Stephen.

Born in Springfield, New Brunswick the son of Francis Daniel Ganong and Deborah Ruth Kierstead, he was a descendant of Jean Guenon, a Huguenot exile from La Rochelle, France who settled in New Amsterdam during the second half of the 17th century then several generations later following the American Revolutionary War, some of Guenon's antecedents were United Empire Loyalists who settled in New Brunswick (then part of Nova Scotia) in 1783.

In 1873, Gilbert Ganong co-founded Ganong Bros. Limited with his brother James.

In 1896, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Charlotte. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904, but was defeated in 1908.

On June 29, 1917, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and served until his death in October.

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