George Burpee Jones

The Hon. George Burpee Jones

Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Kings
In office 1908–1921
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Royal
In office 1921–1935
Preceded by	Hugh Havelock McLean
Succeeded by	Alfred Johnson Brooks
Senator for New Brunswick, New Brunswick
In office July 20, 1935 – April 27, 1950
Appointed by	R. B. Bennett
Personal details
Born	(1866-01-09)January 9, 1866 Belleisle Bay, New Brunswick
Died	April 27, 1950(1950-04-27) (aged 84)
Political party	Provincial: Conservative Federal: Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Labour (1926)

George Burpee Jones (January 9, 1866 – April 27, 1950) was a Canadian merchant and politician.

Born in Belleisle Bay, New Brunswick, Jones represented King's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1908 to 1921. 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.

References

George Burpee Jones – Parliament of Canada biography

Ministers of Labour

Ministers of Labour (1900–1996)	Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux¹ W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard

Ministers of Human Resources Development (1996–2005)²	Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden

Ministers of Human Resources and Skills Development (2005–2013)	Stronach Finley Solberg Finley

Ministers of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015)	Kenney Poilievre

Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2015–present)	Duclos

Ministers of Labour (1996–2015)	Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana³ Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch

Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour (2015–present)	Mihychuk

¹Until 1909, the office of the minister of Labour was a secondary function of the Postmaster-General of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. ²The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a Minister of Labour may be appointed. However, when no Minister of Labour is appointed, the Minister of Human Resources Development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Minister of Labour. ³Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing".

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