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George Henry Bradbury
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Brick maker, MP (1908-1911), MP (1911-1917), Senator.
Born at Hamilton, Ontario on 25 June 1859, son of Irish immigrants William Murray Bradbury and Matilda Morrow, he was educated at Ottawa. He came to Manitoba in 1881 and did general contracting work, later joining the firm of Walkey and Burrows and, in 1883, joined the Northwest Lumber Company as managing director. In 1906 he helped to established the Manitoba Brick Company at Selkirk. He was Managing Director of the Silica Pressed Brick Company. He owned property on Lake Winnipeg that was later sold to Upton Lester to become Lester Beach.
During the 1885 North West Rebellion, he served with Boulton’s Scouts. In the 1908 federal election, he was elected to the House of Commons for the Selkirk constituency, being re-elected in 1911. During the First World War (1915-1916), he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 108th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was not a candidate in the December 1917 election but instead was appointed to the Senate.
He died unmarried at Ottawa, Ontario on 6 September 1925 and was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery there.
See also:
MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: People
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967, edited by J. K. Johnson, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa [Library and Archives Canada], 1968.
“Senator Bradbury, of Selkirk, Man., dies in Ottawa after long illness,” Manitoba Free Press, 7 September 1925. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]
“Selkirk member of upper house dies at Ottawa,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1925, page 1.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2025
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