George Carlyle Marler

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name =George Carlyle Marler


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birth_place =Montreal
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death_date =death date and age|1981|04|10|1901|09|14
death_place = Montreal
office =Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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term_start =March 23, 1942
term_end =June 30, 1954
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constituency =Westmount-Saint-Georges
office2 =Member of the Canadian House of Commons
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term_start2 =November 8, 1954
term_end2 =February 1, 1958
predecessor2 = Douglas Charles Abbott
successor2 = Ross Webster
constituency2 =Saint-Antoine—Westmount
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party = Liberal Party of Quebec
Liberal Party of Canada
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occupation = notary
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spouse = Phyllis Constance Walker, daughter of Herbert Barber Walker, banker, and Annabella Fraser.
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George Carlyle Marler, PC was a politician, notary and philatelist in Quebec, Canada.

He was born on September 14, 1901 in Montreal.

City Councillor

Marler served as city councillor from 1940 to 1947 and as Deputy Chairman of Montreal Executive Committee in Montreal.

Member of the Legislature

Marler successfully ran as a Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Westmount-Saint-Georges in a by-election held on March 23, 1942. He was re-elected in the 1944, 1948 and 1952 elections.

Leader of the Opposition

In the 1948 election, Liberal Leader Adélard Godbout lost re-election in the district of L'Islet. Marler took over as Leader of the Official Opposition. Godbout resigned as Liberal Leader on July 22, 1949. Georges-Émile Lapalme succeeded him on May 20, 1950, but he lost his attempt to win a seat in the legislature in the 1952 election. Marler continued as Leader of the Opposition until Lapalme won a by-election in 1953.

Member of the Federal Cabinet

Marler resigned from the legislature on June 30, 1954, and was appointed to the federal cabinet of Louis Saint-Laurent as minister of transport. Later that year he won a by-election and became the Member of Pariliament for the federal district of Saint-Antoine—Westmount. He was re-elected in the 1957, but was defeated in 1958.

Legislative Councillor

Marler was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet of Jean Lesage in October 1960. A month later, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec.

Death

He died on April 10, 1981 in Montreal.

Books

*The Edward VII issue of Canada : a detailed study / by George C. Marler. -- [Ottawa] : National Postal Museum, c1975.
*The law of real property : Quebec / by William de Montmollin Marler ; completed and arranged by George C. Marler ; with a foreword by P.B. Mignault. -- Toronto : Burroughs, 1932.
*Canada, the admiral issue, 1911-1925 / by George C. Marler. -- Toronto : Unitrade Press, 1980.
*Canada : notes on the 1911-1925 issue. -- State College, Pa : American Philatelic Society, 1949.
*Booklets of the admiral stamps of 1911 to 1925 / by George C. Marler ; editor R.J. Woolley. -- [Canada? : s.n., 1970?] ( [Thornhill [Ont.] : J.F. Webb] ).

ee also

*Politics of Quebec
*Quebec general elections
*List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
*Timeline of Quebec history

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/m-n/MARLGC.htm National Assembly biography] fr icon
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=16764&s=M Parliament of Canada: Federal Political Experience of George Carlyle Marler]
* [http://www.rpsc.org/Library/admiral/marler.htm Royal Philatelic Society of Canada]