George S. Inman

INMAN, GEORGE STRONG, lawyer and judge; b. 25 June 1870 in Bedeque, son of Nelson Inman and Martha B. Doull; m. 26 September 1910 Florence "Elsie" MacDonald, and they had four children, William Robert, George Strong, Wilfred Nelson, and Roland Victor; United; d. 30 November 1937 in Summerside. Inman, a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1927 for 4th Kings. He was defeated in the general elections of 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1915. He was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio in the government of Albert C. Saunders*. During the visit of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Charlottetown, Inman served as acting Premier. He resigned his seat in 1928 to accept a position on the Prince County Court Bench. Inman was educated at the Bedeque school and at Prince of Wales College. He taught school in Clinton and York, before attending Dalhousie University in Halifax where he obtained a law degree in 1896. Inman also studied law in Charlottetown with Judge Hector McDonald*. He was admitted to the Bar in 1897, and in 1898 moved to Montague to practise law. From 1900 to 1904, Inman served as Law Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. In 1911 Inman returned to Charlottetown to practise in partnership with James J. Johnston*. He was appointed to the position of Judge of the Prince County Court in 1928. He was a member of the Masonic Order, Rotary, and the Charlottetown Club. George Inman died 30 November 1937. Florence "Elsie" Inman, a champion of women's suffrage, was appointed to the Senate in 1955. The daughter of Alexander MacDonald of Montague, she was born 5 December 1890 and died 31 May 1986.