Sir John George Bourinot | |
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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 | Sydney, Nova Scotia | October 24, 1836
Died | February 13, 1902 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | (aged 65)
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.