Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick was a Canadian politician who was the 4th Speaker of the House of Commons from 1883 to 1887 and a Member of Parliament from 1870 to 1892.
Occupation
lawyer, politician
Position held
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Speaker of the House of Commons, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada
Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick (September 13, 1841 – December 13, 1899) was a politician from Ontario, Canada.
Born in 1841 in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, George Kirkpatrick was educated at Trinity College Dublin.
Career
Kirkpatrick joined the Canadian Militia as a private in 1861 during the Trent Affair and later as an officer and the adjutant in the 14th Battalion of Rifles saw active service during the Fenian Raids in 1866. In 1867, he was promoted to major and joined the newly formed 47th Frontenac Battalion of Infantry and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1872. He retired from the militia in 1890. In 1876, he would command the Canadian rifle team at Wimbledon (London), England, and he was president of the Dominion Rifle Association through the 1880s.
He was called to the bar in 1865 and served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1870 to 1892 taking over the Frontenac seat held by his late father.
