HON. GEO. A. COX.
Hon. George Albertus Cox.
Born at Colborne, Ont., May 7, 1840, he commenced business life there as an operator in the service of the Montreal Telegraph Company.
After two years spent in the office of his native town he was in May, 1858, placed in charge of the Peterboro office of the Company and in addition a few years later was made agent of the Canadian Express Company.
He took an active part in the municipal, educational and commercial interests of the town and was for seven years its mayor.
In 1888 he left Peterboro, and from that time has resided in Toronto where there is a wider scope for his energies.
He was appointed to the Senate in 1896 by Lord Aberdeen.
Mr. Cox is a strong temperance man and a warm supporter of the Methodist Church, of which he is a member; is Bursar of Victoria University and President of the Ladies’ College, Whitby; President of the Bank of Commerce, the Canada Life Insurance Company, the Western Fire Insurance and on the directorate of many other companies; is one of the leading financiers in the Dominion.