Victor Odlum | |
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Born | Cobourg, Ontario | 21 October 1880
Died | 4 April 1971 Vancouver, British Columbia | (aged 90)
Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ | Canadian Army |
Years of service | 1900–1924 1940–1941 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | The Royal Canadian Regiment |
Commands | 2nd Canadian Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | Boer War World War I World War II |
Awards | |
Other work | journalist, soldier, diplomat |
Major General Victor Wentworth Odlum, CB, CMG, DSO (21 October 1880 – 4 April 1971) was a Canadian journalist, soldier, and diplomat. He was a prominent member of the business and political elite of Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1920s until his death in 1971. He was a newspaper publisher, a Liberal MLA from 1924–1928, co-founder of the Non-Partisan Association in 1937, temperance advocate, one of the first directors on the board of governors that oversaw the new Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and a Canadian ambassador. He fought in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.[1]