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George Springate | |
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| Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec forSainte-Anne | |
| In office 1970–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Hanley |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marc Lacoste |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec forWestmount | |
| In office 1976–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Kevin Drummond |
| Succeeded by | Richard French |
| Head of the Citizenship Commission | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Simard |
| Succeeded by | Renata Brum |
| Citizenship Judge of the Citizenship Commission | |
| In office 1999–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1938-05-12)May 12, 1938 |
| Died | November 20, 2019(2019-11-20) (aged 81) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Sir George Williams University McGill University |
| Football career | |
| Profile | |
| Position | Kicker[1] |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | McGill |
| Career history | |
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| Awards and highlights | |
George Philip Gregory SpringateCM (May 12, 1938 – November 20, 2019) was a Canadian police officer, lawyer, politician, professionalfootball player, professor, andcitizenship judge.
Born inMontreal,Quebec, the son of Walter L. Springate and Eleanor Woodhouse, he received aBachelor of Arts fromSir George Williams University. He also earned aBachelor of Civil Law degree in 1968 and a Bachelor of Common Law degree in 1969 fromMcGill University. From 1958 to 1969, he was a police officer with theMontreal Police. From 1966 to 1968, he was a member of theMcGill Redmen football team.
In1970, he played 11 games with and was part of theGrey Cup winningMontreal Alouettes. In total he played 17 games with the Alouettes over 3 seasons.
In1970, he was elected to theNational Assembly of Quebec as aLiberal for the riding ofSainte-Anne. He was re-elected in1973. In 1974 he was removed from the Liberal Caucus for voting against the French-only language bill along with John Ciaccia. In his third term as a Liberal, he represented the riding ofWestmount. He did not run in the 1981 Quebec general election.
George Springate was also a television sportcaster forCBC Montreal in the 1980s and hosted the local daily current affairs programMidday.
In 1989, he was made a Member of theOrder of Canada.
He was a teacher in criminal and civil law atJohn Abbott College. He was a founding member of the "Police Technology" program at John Abbott College in 1973; he retired from teaching in 2008. He was also a columnist for The Montreal Daily News and The Sunday Express, local Montreal newspapers.
In 1999 and again in 2006, he was appointed acitizenship judge. In 2008 he was appointed Canada's Senior Citizenship Judge for a five-year term.[2] Springate was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in April 2018. He died in Ottawa on November 20, 2019, at the age of 81.[3]