George Clingan

Colonel George Clingan (March 28, 1868 – January 24, 1944 and at the Toronto Medical College. He received certification as a physician and surgeon. Clingan practised medicine in the village of Horning's Mills in Ontario, later moving to Manitoba. He also became a Major in the 12th Manitoba Dragoons. Clingan began his military career with the Dragoons in 1898, and saw military service overseas in France with a hospital unit during World War I. In 1938, he was named president of the Manitoba Medical Association. In religion, he was a Methodist. Clingan married Ida Thompson.

From 1908 to 1909, Clingan served as mayor of Virden, Manitoba. Clingan was re-elected in Virden

The Liberals were reduced to a minority government in the 1920 election, as Clingan defeated his Farmer opponent R.E. Knight by 291 votes. Two years later, in the 1922 election, he lost his seat to United Farmers of Manitoba candidate Robert Mooney by 677 votes. Mooney went on to hold the seat until his death in 1953.

He died in Virden in 1944 from injuries received in an automobile accident.