George Rogers (Manitoba politician)

George Rogers (January 29, 1856 – August 11, 1901) was a miller, grain merchant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Norfolk from 1896 to 1899 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal.

Background

Born in Tottenham, Canada West,[1] Rogers was the son of Stephen Rogers, a United Empire Loyalist, and was educated there and at Pickering College. Rogers served on the Carberry school board. In 1884, he married Maggie Bride.[1] He died in 1901.[2]

gollark: They do not, at least, have legally binding power and the whole "monopoly on violence" thing going on.
gollark: If it's really easy to convert some new opinion into binding law, then people will do it lots and you get badness.
gollark: And I don't trust the government much either, because they tend to grow excessively and/or do stupid/powergrabby things.
gollark: I don't really trust "the aggregated opinion of the majority" to be remotely sensible.
gollark: People inevitably want to enforce whatever their particular bizarre views are on everyone, which causes badness and require systems which create more badness.

References
  1. Magurn, Arnott J (1898). The Parliamentary guide and work of general reference 1898-9: for Canada ... p. 233. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/rogers_g.shtml


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