George Albertus Cox
George Albertus Cox was a very prominent Canadian businessman and a member of the Canadian Senate.
He was born in Colborne, Upper Canada in 1840. He began work as a telegrapher for the Montreal Telegraph Company and became their agent in Peterborough, Ontario. In 1861, he became an agent for the Canada Life Assurance Company. He served seven years as mayor of Peterborough and accumulated real estate in that area. In 1878, he became president of the Midland Railway of Canada, later leasing it to the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1884, he founded the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, moving to Toronto in 1888 and becoming president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1890.
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