George H. V. Bulyea

George Hedley Vicars Bulyea ( born February 17, 1859 in Gagetown, New Brunswick, † June 22, 1928 in Peachland, British Columbia) was a Canadian politician. From 1905 to 1915 he was the first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

Biography

After Bulyea had the Gagetown Grammar School successfully completed, he wrote in 1878 at the University of New Brunswick in art one. He graduated with the rank of Bachelors and was also Best in mathematics and French, for which he received awards. On January 29, 1889 Bulyea married in New Brunswick Annie Blanche Babbit. He had a son with her, which, however, died at the age of fifteen. In 1892 he moved with his wife in Western Canada, first lived for a year in Winnipeg and then settled in Qu'Appelle. By 1907, he was employed there in furniture, flour and feed trade.

His political career began in 1891. At that time he was a candidate in the elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. He was successful in the constituency of Qu'Appelle and managed the 1894 re-election. On October 7, 1897, he was appointed to the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories, which had the task to manage the areas that correspond roughly to the present-day Alberta, Saskatchewan and Yukon. If a new election only three weeks later Bulyea prevailed again. 1898 followed Bulyeas appointment as Special Representative. He held until 1905 when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created this office. Frederick Haultain, Premier of the Northwest Territories, appointed him in 1899 to the Minister for Agriculture. After he was again elected in 1902, he served from 1903 as Commissioner for Infrastructure.

According to the recommendation of Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime Minister of Canada, appointed Governor General Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey Bulyea Vice- Governor of the new province of Alberta. This office, which represented the peak of his career, he appeared on 1 September 1905 the day of foundation of the province. In 1910 he was elected for a further term of office and finally resigned on 20 October 1915.

He died on 22 July 1928 in Peachland and was buried in the cemetery of Qu'Appelle.