George Gordon Hyde

The Hon. George Gordon Hyde was a noted Quebec (Canada) Provincial politician, and a prominent lawyer in the city of Montreal.

Born in Montreal on January 24, 1883, he obtained a law degree from McGill University, and was called to the Quebec Bar 21 August, 1908. He became well known in the fields of company and commercial law, first with the law firm of R.C. Smith, K.C., and later as senior partner of his own firm, Hyde & Ahern. He was made King's Counsel 27 December, 1918, and elected president of the Junior Bar Association of Montreal 1919. Elected Quebec Vice-President of the Canadian Bar Association in 1944. President of the Reform Club of Montreal, 1935. He was well known in English and American legal circles.

In 1939 he ran as Liberal candidate in the provincial riding of Westmount-Saint-Georges, and was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly (Now known as the National Assembly of Quebec). In 1942, he was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec (MLC), then the upper chamber of the Quebec Provincial parliament, which was abolished in the mid-1960's.

He was married to Lilian Boronow, and was the father of John Richard Hyde, also a Montreal lawyer (with the firm of Hyde & Ahern), who represented the provincial riding of Westmount-St. George from 1954 through 1970. Another son, Flight Lieutenant George G. (Kewp) Hyde, RCAF, was killed on active service in England during the Second World War. He also had a daughter, Shirley Anne Hyde.

George Gordon Hyde died in Montreal on July 20, 1946, at the age of 62.

References

*Montreal Gazette. Obituary published July 22, 1946.
*Montreal Daily Star, Obituary published July 22, 1946;
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/g-i/HYDEGG.htm National Assembly of Quebec, Biographies of former members of the National Assembly ]