1954

Honorable George C. Marler

New Minister of Transport

Honourable George C. Marler, lawyer, city councillor, M.L.A. and now our new Minister of Transport, was born in Montreal in 1901 and has lived there all his life. He is bilingual and his family has lived in the Province of Quebec for over 150 years. He was educated at Selwyn House School, Bishop's College School(where he won the Lieutenant ­Governor's Medal), the Royal Naval College of Canada, (1917­1919) and McGill University from which he graduated in 1922 with the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law.

In 1948 he received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University from the University of Montreal.

Mr. Marler's hobbies are stamp collecting, photography, golf and gardening. He is a member of the Royal Philatelic Society of London, the American Philatelic Society, the Essay Proof Society and the Royal Horticultural Society. Mr. Marler has written a number of articles on Canadian Stamps and is the author of "Canadian Notes on the 1911-25 Issues" which was published by the American Philatelic Society. He is also editor and part author of the "Law of Real Property in Quebec."

Mr. Marler is a Complimentary Life Member of the Montreal Board of Trade and the Chambre de Commerce of Montreal. He is also a member of the Montreal Club, University Club of Montreal, the Montreal Reform Club, the Royal Montreal Golf Club, Cascade Golf and Tennis Club, the Garrison Club (Quebec) and the Reform Club (Quebec).

The new Minister of Transport was formerly an instructor of Navigation to the Montreal and Cartier Divisions of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He is married and has three daughters and one son.