Grote Stirling

The Honourable Grote Stirling PC
Stirling, c. 1934
Member of Parliament for Yale
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 October 1947
Preceded by	Martin Burrell
Succeeded by	Owen Jones
Personal details
Born	(1875-07-31)31 July 1875 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Died	18 January 1953(1953-01-18) (aged 77)
Political party	Conservative Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Mabel Kathrine née Brigstocke
Cabinet	Minister of National Defence Minister of Fisheries (Acting)

Grote Stirling PC (31 July 1875 – 18 January 1953) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom, he was the son of Captain Charles Stirling (1831–1915), and officer in the Royal Navy of Scottish descent. He was a civil engineer and fruit grower.

Stirling moved to Canada, and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the British Columbia riding of Yale in a 1924 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1940. From 1934 to 1935, he was the Minister of National Defence and Minister of Fisheries (Acting).

Stirling was married twice. Ha married first, in Beirut on 22 January 1903 Mabel Kathrine Brigstocke, daughter of Dr. R. Whish Brigstocke, who lived in Beirut. She died in 1933, and he remarried in 1936 Gladys Annie Gready, daughter of Wallace Gready. There were four children of the first marriage, including Rear-Admiral Michael Grote Stirling (1915–2002), who resigned over his opposition to the unification of the Canadian armed forces and later served as the Agent-General of British Columbia in London.

References

• Grote Stirling – Parliament of Canada biography