The New Student's Reference Work/Allan, Hon. George W.
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Allan, Hon. George W., born in Toronto in 1822. Educated at Upper Canada College. Called to the bar in 1846. Was Chancellor of Trinity College, Toronto; a fellow of the Royal Geological Society (England); was mayor of Toronto in 1855; a legislative councillor from 1858 to 1867; called to the Senate of Canada in 1867; speaker of the Senate from 1888 to 1891. He died in 1901.