George Ashdown (April 8, 1851 - May 14, 1939) was a Canadian politician,[1] who represented the electoral district of Morden in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1906 to 1907.
[2] Born in Etobicoke, Canada West in 1851, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1872 to work in the hardware store of his brother, future Winnipeg mayor James Ashdown.
[2] In 1891 he moved to Morden to open his own hardware store, which he operated for 20 years.
[3] Following the death in office of Morden's MLA John Ruddell in 1906, Ashdown was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate for the resulting by-election.
[5] Ashdown ran again in the 1907 election, but was defeated by Benjamin McConnell of the Liberals.