George McClellan (police officer)

George Brinton McClellan Jr. CM, OBE, DFC, OOnt, CD (August 13, 1908 – July 19, 1982) served as the 13th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from November 1, 1963, to August 14, 1967.

He terminated equitation training for all recruits but maintained it for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride.

He was decorated by the Norwegian government with the King Haakon VII Cross of Liberation For his work in training Nordic troops based in Canada during World War II.

He was born to George Brinton McClellan Sr. and Elizabeth Ann Cunnington in 1908 in Saskatchewan.

George McClellan Jr. married Bertha Elizabeth Austin in 1941; they had 3 daughters.