George Clark Kitson

KITSON, GEORGE CLARK, farmer, livestock exhibitor, and produce dealer; b. 29 July 1893 in Hampshire, son of Frederick Kitson and Angelina Newson; m. 22 November 1917 Emma Pearl Cruwys, and they had seven children, Norris H., Verna M., Fulton G., Calvin L. (died at nine months), Lona L, Frederick F. and Audrey I.; Protestant; d. 23 February 1984 in Charlottetown. Kitson, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 7 November 1940 for 2nd Queens. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1951 and 1955. He was defeated in the general elections of 1943 and 1959. Kitson received his education in Hampshire.He was a successful exhibitor of livestock, specializing in Clydesdale stallions, and was a progressive farmer and a well-known dealer of farm produce. George Kitson died 23 February 1984 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown. Emma Kitson, the daughter of George and Hannah Cruwys, was born 11 April 1896 and died 13 August 1983 at the Garden of'the Gulf Nursing Home in Charlottetown.