# George Olive

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'''George Edward Olive''' (born 1887 in [Leeds](/source/Leeds), [England](/source/England);<ref name="mhs"/> died April 20, 1973) was a politician in [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), Canada. He served in the [Legislative Assembly of Manitoba](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Manitoba) from 1945 to 1953, as a member of the [social-democratic](/source/Social_democracy) [Cooperative Commonwealth Federation](/source/Manitoba_Cooperative_Commonwealth_Federation) (CCF).<ref name="members">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#O0 |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased |work=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330185239/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#O0 |archivedate=2014-03-30 }}</ref>

Olive came to Canada in 1910. He settled in [Transcona](/source/Transcona%2C_Winnipeg), then an independent working-class community adjoining but independent of [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), in 1914. He was a member of the [United Association of Steamfitters and Plumbers](/source/United_Association_of_Steamfitters_and_Plumbers), working for the [Canadian National Railway](/source/Canadian_National_Railway). He served as a member of the local school board, and was elected [Mayor](/source/Mayor) of Transcona in 1936, a position he continued to hold after being elected to the provincial legislature. He married Amy Thackray (1888–1955), and they had two sons, Bill and Joe, both of whom served overseas in the [Royal Canadian Navy](/source/Royal_Canadian_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).<ref name="mhs">{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/olive_g.shtml |work=Memorable Manitobans |title=George Edward Olive (1887-1973) |publisher=[Manitoba Historical Society](/source/Manitoba_Historical_Society) |accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref>

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the [1945 provincial election](/source/1945_Manitoba_general_election), defeating former [Liberal](/source/Manitoba_Liberal_Party) leader [Murdoch Mackay](/source/Murdoch_Mackay) in the constituency of [Springfield](/source/Springfield_(provincial_electoral_district)). He was re-elected in [Kildonan—Transcona](/source/Kildonan%E2%80%94Transcona) in the [1949 election](/source/1949_Manitoba_general_election),<ref name="members"/> defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate M. J. G. McMullen by just under 900 votes.

Olive was not a frequent debater in the legislature, but was known as a diligent worker and was said to have extensive knowledge of every bill that came before the house. CCF leader [Lloyd Stinson](/source/Lloyd_Stinson) once called him "a most useful and cooperative member of caucus", assisting other members behind the scenes.

He sought the Kildonan—Transcona CCF nomination again for the [1953 provincial election](/source/1953_Manitoba_general_election), but lost to [Russell Paulley](/source/Russell_Paulley), who was mayor of Transcona by this time. Olive accepted the result, and agreed to work as Paulley's election agent.

He lived in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) after his retirement and later died in Winnipeg.<ref name="mhs"/>

George Olive Nature Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, commemorates him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winnipegtrails.ca/trails-maps/transcona-trail/ |title=Transcona Trail |publisher=Winnipeg Trails Association |accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref> Previously, the site hosted a dump for industrial byproducts and a pond for horses. It was rehabilitated into a nature park in the 1990s and opened as such in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/georgeolivepark.shtml |work=Historic Sites of Manitoba |title=George Olive Nature Park (855 McMeans Avenue East, Winnipeg) |publisher=[Manitoba Historical Society](/source/Manitoba_Historical_Society) |accessdate=2020-11-01}}</ref>

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Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Category:English emigrants to Canada
Category:Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Manitoba
Category:Politicians from Leeds
Category:Trade unionists from Leeds
Category:Trade unionists from Manitoba

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