George Garden was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

-born businessman and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Montreal West in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1820 to 1824.

He came to Quebec from Glasgow

Glasgow

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 in 1793 and became partner in a firm involved in importing and exporting goods. He also became an agent for the Phoenix Assurance Company of London. Garden married Euphemia Forbes. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Montreal

Bank of Montreal

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 and served as one of its directors and as a vice-president. Garden was also part of the group involved in the construction of the Lachine Canal

Lachine Canal

The Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.The canal gets its name from the French word for China...

. He served as a captain in the militia during the War of 1812

War of 1812

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; Garden was also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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 for Montreal

Montreal

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. He died in Montreal at the age of 56.