George W. Forrest

George W. Forrest (born 1839) was a farmer and political figure. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1890 to 1894 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

He was born in River Herbert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, of Irish descent, and was educated in Amherst. Forrest served as a captain in the militia and as a member of the Municipal Council. He was a valuator for the Intercolonial Railway.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. He was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial election, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than his opponent. He is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first having been John Quincy Adams. He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, who is a former Governor of Florida and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 presidential election.