George Forbes

FORBES, GEORGE, merchant, trader, and farmer; b. 25 November 1840 at Marshfield, son of Malcolm Forbes and Christina Scott; m. 22 March 1876 Jessie Isabella Stewart, and they had one child, Wilfred; Baptist; d. 17 December 1925. Forbes, a Liberal, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the general election of 1886 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1890. In the general election of 1893, Forbes was elected to the Legislative Assembly. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1897, 1900, and 1915. In 1891 he served on Executive Council in the Frederick Peters1' Administration, and again in 1900 in the Donaid Farquharson* Administration. Forbes received his education at the local school in Vernon River. It appears that he spent his adult life living in Vernon Bridge, as he was a merchant and trader in that community from at least 1864. Forbes also was a farmer. George Forbes died 17 December 1925. Jessie Forbes was born near the Hillsborough River in Frenchfort ca. 1841, and died 1 October 1914. She was the daughter of John Stewart of Frenchfort. Forbes' parents were from Perthshire, Scotland.