WILSON, George Everett (1909-2000) was born in Montreal on 26 December 1909 and graduated from the School of Architecture at McGill University in 1934. He formed a partnership with George E. Auld in 1935 and remained active in Montreal until 1940. Wilson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force later that year and served with Canadian Forces in Europe for which he was awarded an O.B.E. (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxi, Sept. 1944, 218). Upon his return to Canada he moved to Toronto and opened an office in 1947 in partnership with Frank D. Newton. He was elected President of the Ontario Assoc. of Architects in 1958. The Canadian Architectural Collection at McGill University holds a collection of sketch books, drawings and photographs donated by Wilson and relating to his work in Montreal and in the province of Quebec. His biography can be found in the Canadian Who's Who, 1964-66, 1169. Wilson died in Toronto on 27 June 2000 (death notice Globe & Mail [Toronto], 6 July 2000, S8)
George E. WILSON (works in Montreal)
OUTREMONT, residence for Charles Coderre, Lajoie Avenue at Rockland Avenue, 1935 (Outremont b.p. 2993, 18 March 1935)
WILSON & AULD (works in Montreal unless noted)
WESTMOUNT, residence for F.T. Parker, Upper Belmont Avenue, 1937 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, March 1938, 72)
CARILLON, QUE., restoration of 'Bellevue', a historic residence built in 1827 for General Charles J. Forbes, for the new owner F.A. Hungerbuhler, 1937 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 24 Dec. 1936, 4, illus. Charlottetown Guardian, 20 Jan. 1937, 8, descrip.; C.H.G., xv, May 1938, 28-9, 46, illus.)
STE. MARGUERITE, QUE., residence for W.G. McConnell, 1939 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvi, July 1949, 218-19, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for H.G. Welsford, Ramezay Road, 1940 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvii, Nov. 1940, 196, illus.)
STE. MARGUERITE, QUE., cottage for F.G. McArthur and J.H. Hutcheson, c. 1940 (C.H.G., xx, July-Aug. 1943, 31, illus.)
WILSON & NEWTON (works in Ontario)
BARRIE, ONT., Royal Victoria Hospital, a new 6 storey hospital building, 1948 (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 14 April 1948, 34, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for David H. Knight, Cornelius Parkway, 1948 (inf. from G. E. Wilson, Toronto)
TORONTO, ONT., residence for Robert Short, Fairfield Road, 1948 (inf. from G. E. Wilson, Toronto)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Douglas F. Kent, Buckingham Avenue, 1949 (C.H.G., xxvi, May 1949, 40-2, illus.)
ETOBICOKE, ONT., residence for Kate Aitken, Dundas Street West near Donnybrook Lane, 1950 (C.H.G., xxvii, May 1950, 30-33, Illus.)
EOMPETITIONS
TORONTO, ONT., Toronto City Hall, 1958. The Toronto firm of Wilson & Newton were one of nearly 100 Canadian entrants in this international competition. The modernist design submitted by this firm was not among the finalists, but their proposal has recently been published in G.T. Kapelos, Competing Modernisms: Toronto's New City Hall and Square, 2015, 70, illus. The competition was won by Viljo Revell from Finland.