George Burpee Jones
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George Burpee Jones (January 9, 1866 – April 27, 1950) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Belleisle Bay, New Brunswick, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Royal in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930. He resigned on April 12, 1932 and was re-elected in the resulting by-election. In 1926, he was the Minister of Labour in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen. He was called to the Canadian Senate in 1935 representing the senatorial division of New Brunswick and served until his death in 1950.
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