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George Farquhar was born 17 July 1880 in Wetherby, England, to James and Margaret Ann MacDonald Farquhar. He came to Canada in 1883 and attended public school in Windsor and then Dalhousie University where he earned a B.A. (1907), M.A. (1910), and L.L.B. (1927). He also studied at Pine Hill in Halifax, Edinburgh, and Halle a Salle, Germany. Farquhar married Ruby M. Duffus in 1917 with whom he had three children: Margaret, Mary and Ian.
Farquhar’s career varied from working as a pastor, a newspaper editor, and a civil servant. He was ordained as a minister in 1910 and served as a pastor in Hampton, New Brunswick, (1910-1912) and assistant pastor in Winnipeg (1913-1914) before enlisting to serve in World War I in 1915. He then traveled to England (1916), France (1917-1918), and Russia (1918-1919). Following the war, Farquhar returned to Nova Scotia and worked as a pastor in New Glasgow from 1919-1925.
In 1927 Farquhar was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar but only two years later became editor-in-chief of the Halifax Chronicle. He remained with the paper until 1938 and between 1926 and 1927 wrote a column called “Men and Things.” From 1938 until he retired in 1953, Farquhar served as a member of the Nova Scotia Public Utilities Board.
In addition to these activities, Farquhar was involved with local community organizations, including the Nova Scotia Historical Society and the North British Society. He also sat on Dalhousie’s Board of Governors from about 1941 to 1953.