Sir John George Bourinot | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:John_George_Bourinot.jpg) Bourinot photographed in 1888 by William James Topley | |
| 3rd Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada | |
| In office December 1880 – October 1902 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Patrick |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Barnard Flint |
| 11th President of the Royal Society of Canada | |
| In office 1892–1893 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph-Clovis-Kemner Laflamme |
| Succeeded by | George Mercer Dawson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 24, 1836 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Died | February 13, 1902 (aged 65) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | Beechwood Cemetery |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Children | Arthur Bourinot |
| Parent | John George Bourinot |
| Occupation | Journalist, historian, parliamentary official |
Sir John George Bourinot, KCMG FRSC (October 24, 1836 – October 13, 1902) was a Canadian journalist, historian, and civil servant, sole author of the first Canadian effort in 1884 to document Parliamentary Procedure and Practice,[1] and remembered as an expert in parliamentary procedure and constitutional law.