Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p George Russell Boucher (December 13, 1899 – November 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician and barrister.Born in Dunrobin, Ontario, Boucher was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Carleton. He succeeded Zsolt Limperger who died shortly after his re-election in the March 1940 federal election. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa. Boucher was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader George A. Drew, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a by-election.. }
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- George_Russell_Boucher abstract "George Russell Boucher (December 13, 1899 – November 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician and barrister.Born in Dunrobin, Ontario, Boucher was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Carleton. He succeeded Zsolt Limperger who died shortly after his re-election in the March 1940 federal election. He was a member of the Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa. Boucher was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader George A. Drew, who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a by-election.".