A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
church, a learned and deeply skilled votary in a wide and important
branch of science, it has been given to few men whose names are written
in this volume to accomplish so much and to accomplish it so well.
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=Kyte, George William= (St. Peters, Richmond County, Nova Scotia), son
of John Kyte, native of Templemore, County of Tipperary, Ireland, and
Elizabeth Robertson, English parentage, born July 10, 1864, at St.
Peters. Educated at the public school of St. Peters, and at the
University of St. Francis Xavier, Antigonish, N.S., from which seat of
learning he graduated. Studied law in the office of Colin F. McIsaac
(for several years one of the Transcontinental Railway Commissioners, at
Antigonish, N.S.), and was admitted to the bar Nov. 16, 1891. Married,
July 5, 1893, to Tena, daughter of Valentine and Lydia Chisholm, of
Heatherton, N.S. Appointed Clerk-Assistant of the Legislative Assembly
of Nova Scotia, in Feb., 1892; re-appointed in 1895, 1898 and 1901;
appointed Chief Clerk, Dec. 3, 1903. Resigned this appointment to become
a candidate for the House of Commons for Richmond County at general
election of 1908 and was elected; re-elected at general election in
1911. Created a King’s Counsel by the Government of Nova Scotia, April
16, 1908. Solicitor for the Municipality of Richmond County; school
trustee for nine years, and is a member of the Board of School
Commissioners for the County of Richmond. A Roman Catholic in religion
and a Liberal in politics.
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