George Taylor MacNutt

George Taylor MacNutt
George Taylor MacNutt
Member of Parliament; for Colchester
	In office; October 1925 – July 1930
Preceded by	Harold Putnam
Succeeded by	Martin Luther Urquhart
Personal details
Born	George Taylor MacNutt; 19 December 1865; Stewiacke, Nova Scotia
Died	24 May 1937 (aged 71)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Sadie B. Pollock; m. 22 June 1892 (died by 1929)
Profession	contractor, lumber merchant

George Taylor MacNutt (19 December 1865 – 24 May 1937) was a Canadian businessman and politician. MacNutt served as a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and became a contractor and lumber merchant.

MacNutt attended public school in Nova Scotia, then Truro Academy. He campaigned in the 1911 Nova Scotia provincial election for a seat at Guysborough riding but was not successful.^[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Colchester riding in the 1925 general election. MacNutt was re-elected there in the 1926 election then defeated by Martin Luther Urquhart of the Liberal party in the 1930 federal election.

Electoral record

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Taylor MacNutt	6,405
	Liberal	Maynard B. Archibald	3,394

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Taylor MacNutt	6,067
	Liberal	Alfred Dickie	4,049

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Martin Luther Urquhart	6,131
	Conservative	George Taylor MacNutt	5,734
Source: lop.parl.ca

^ ^a ^b Normandin, A.L. (1929). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company.

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