Constituency : Edinburgh Central 1900-06
George took over from William McEwan at Edinburgh Central, beating Arthur Conan Doyle who stood for the Liberal Unionists. George was actually Conan Doyle's publisher. The Liberal Unionists regarded him as "an untried man" and thought Conan Doyle could beat him . Liberal supporters put up posters referring to Conan Doyle's Catholic background and he had to deny he was against the Scottish Kirk.
George was born in Toronto , the son of a Canadian newspaper publisher and MP. He was educated at Upper Canada College, then Merchiston Castle School in Scotland before Cambridge. He became managing trustee at the publishers, Thomas Nelson and Sons. He married Nelson's daughter in 1901.
George was a supporter of temperance and the improvement of telegraphy communications. He spoke against the corn tax in the 1902 budget.
George did not find parliamentary life congenial and announced his intention to step down at the end of his term as early as 1902.
George supported the United Irish League and joined the council of the Free Trade Union in 1903.
He died in 1946 aged 77.
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