George Frederick Marter

George Frederick Marter (6 June, 1840 – 10 May, 1907) was a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He led the Ontario Conservative Party from 1894 to 1896, and later became manager of the Lancashire Insurance Company of Toronto.

Marter became Conservative leader following the defeat of William Ralph Meredith during the 1894 election. The Conservative Party he led was aligned with the Protestant Protective Association in the legislature, and was divided by religious conflict and narrow bigotry. Marter was essentially an interim leader.

In 1896, he was replaced as leader by James P. Whitney. He was defeated when he ran as an Independent in the 1902 election.

References

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6883 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=02221 "The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography" HJ Morgan (1898)]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1475 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]