George Hobbs
George "Tiny" Hobbs was an Irish-born railway engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Revelstoke in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1960 to 1962 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member.
He was born in County Wexford and was educated there. After coming to Canada, Hobbs married Margaret Jackson, a school teacher. He worked from the Canadian Pacific Railway at Revelstoke. Hobbs served as a school trustee for Revelstoke from 1948 to 1960. He died suddenly in office in 1962 and his wife was elected to represent Revelstoke in the by-election that followed.
