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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1866–1950)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = George Burpee Jones
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| image               = George Burpee Jones.jpg
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| office1             = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] for Kings
| predecessor1        = 
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| term_start1         = 1908
| term_end1           = 1921
| constituency_MP2    = [[Fundy Royal|Royal]]
| parliament2         = Canadian
| predecessor2        = [[Hugh Havelock McLean]]
| successor2          = [[Alfred Johnson Brooks]]
| term_start2         = 1921
| term_end2           = 1935
| office3             = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for New Brunswick, New Brunswick
| appointed3          = [[R. B. Bennett]]
| term_start3         = July 20, 1935
| term_end3           = April 27, 1950
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1866|01|09}}
| birth_place         = [[Belleisle Bay]], [[New Brunswick]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1950|04|27|1866|01|09}}
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| party               = '''Provincial''':<br />[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Conservative]]<br />'''Federal''':<br />[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
| cabinet             = Minister of Labour (1926)
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'''George Burpee Jones''' (January 9, 1866 &ndash; April 27, 1950) was a [[Canadian]] merchant and politician.

==Biography==
Born in [[Belleisle Bay]], [[New Brunswick]], Jones represented King's County in the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] from 1908 to 1921. He was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the riding of [[Royal (electoral district)|Royal]] in the [[1921 Canadian federal election|1921 federal election]]. A [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]], he was re-elected in [[1925 Canadian federal election|1925]], [[1926 Canadian federal election|1926]], and [[1930 Canadian federal election|1930]]. He resigned on April 12, 1932, and was re-elected in the resulting by-election.
In 1926, he was the [[List of Canadian Ministers of Labour|Minister of Labour]] in the short lived cabinet of [[Arthur Meighen]]. He was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] in 1935 representing the senatorial division of New Brunswick and served until his death in 1950.

== Electoral history ==
{{CanElec4-by|27 June 1932}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|George Burpee Jones|7,698|51.93|-5.21}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Donald V. White|7,127|48.07|+5.21}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|14,825|100.00 }}
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{{1930 Canadian federal election/Fundy Royal}}
{{1926 Canadian federal election/Fundy Royal}}
{{1925 Canadian federal election/Fundy Royal}}
{{1921 Canadian federal election/Fundy Royal}}

==References==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6861}}

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[[Category:1866 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian senators from New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada]]

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