Background
Born in Saint Peters, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, the son of John and Elizabeth (Robertson), Kyte was educated in public schools in Saint Peter"s and Saint Francis Xavier University.
Born in Saint Peters, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, the son of John and Elizabeth (Robertson), Kyte was educated in public schools in Saint Peter"s and Saint Francis Xavier University.
He taught school for four years and then studied law in the office of C. F. McIsaac, Knights of Columbus, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
He was admitted to the Bar on November 16, 1891 and began practice of law in Saint Peters in 1892. He was appointed Assistant Clerk, Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1892. He was reappointed in 1895, 1898, and 1902.
In 1903 he was appointed Clerk.
He was made a King"s Counsel by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, Duncan Cameron Fraser, in 1908. He resigned in 1908 to contest the electoral district of Richmond in the 1908 federal election as a Liberal candidate and was elected.
He was re-elected in the 1911 election. He was defeated in 1917 in the riding of Cape Breton South and Richmond.
He was elected in the 1921 election and was defeated in the 1925 election for the electoral district of Richmond—West Cape Breton.
He was Chief Government Whip from 1922 to 1925. George Kyte also started the investigation of faulty weapon production during World War I, later titled The in his name.