George S. Armstrong

Infobox Politician (general)
name= George Seale Armstrong


imagesize=300
title= Mayor of Edmonton
term_start= December 12, 1910
term_end= December 9, 1912
predecessor= Robert Lee
successor= William Short
title1= Alderman on the Edmonton City Council
term_start1= December 9, 1907
term_end1= December 12, 1910
birth_place= Hopeville, Grey County, Ontario
death_date= June 9, 1947

George Seale Armstrong (born ???, died June 9, 1947) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a former mayor of Edmonton.

Biography

Armstrong was born in Hopeville, Grey County, Ontario. He came to Edmonton in 1905 or 1906, and ran for Edmonton City Council as an alderman in the 1907 election. He finished second of twelve candidates, and was elected to a two year term. He was re-elected in the 1909 election, but resigned one year into his term in order to contest the mayoral election in 1910. He was acclaimed as mayor, and was re-elected in 1912. As mayor, he commissioned a master plan for the city from an American firm. He completed his term, but did not seek re-election.

He operated a drugstore from his arrival in Edmonton, and was involved in several real estate ventures and construction projects with his brother Gordon. He worked for the post office beginning in 1913, and became postmaster ten years later, a position he filled until his retirement in 1937.

He was a member of the hospital board, the Edmonton Exhibition Board, the Masonic Order, and the United Church of Canada. George Armstrong died June 9, 1947, survived by a wife, one son, and two daughters.

Armstrong Industrial, an Edmonton neighbourhood, is named in his honour.

References

* [http://www.epl.ca/Elections/results/EPLBiographiesLetter.cfm?id=A Edmonton Public Library Biography of George Armstrong]
* [http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc City of Edmonton biography of George Armstrong]
* [http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edmonton.ca%2F%255COcctopusDocs%255CPublic%255CComplete%255CReports%255CEX%255CElected-1995%255C2002-04-03%255C2002PDP024%2520-%2520Current%2520Policy%2520Recognizing%2520Former%2520Councillors.doc&ei=g6N9RpWKCIH8ggOb7ZTMBQ&usg=AFQjCNFw9sczR95rohJH4w1uH1ec8P2gAg&sig2=FxQgtejzjL4GtB1oPaI67Q Report to the Edmonton City Council Executive Committee including a list of aldermen who have been honoured in the names of Edmonton's features]
* [http://www.albertasource.ca/metis/eng/people_and_communities/historic_edmonton.htm Alberta Online Encyclopedia article on the History of Edmonton]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8595107 George S. Armstrong] at Find-A-Grave