Background
Born in Toronto, his father, George William Allan, (Senior), served in the Canadian Senate for 35 years, including a term as Speaker of the Senate.
Born in Toronto, his father, George William Allan, (Senior), served in the Canadian Senate for 35 years, including a term as Speaker of the Senate.
Allan was married to Muriel Hester Wragge and had five children:
Jocelyn Otillie Allan (1897-?)
Enid Carlyon Allan (1899-?)
George William Allan (1902-?)
Arthur Carlyne “Tony” Allan (1907-?)
Edmund Allan (1913-?)
He died in Victoria in 1940 and buried in Winnipeg.
The younger Allan moved in his adult life to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he was elected to one term in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1917 election as the Unionist Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South. Allan"s grandfather was William Allan, member of the Home District and Legislative Council of Upper Canada.
