Supplemental Posts

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Senator George T. Fulford Plaque

In Brockville, Ontario, the plaque commemorating Senator Fulford stands in front of the Fulford mansion on the southeast corner of King Street East and Rockliffe Road.



SENATOR GEORGE T. FULFORD
1852 - 1905

Born and raised in Brockville, George Taylor Fulford
apprenticed at his brother's drugstore and took charge of
it himself at age 22. Five years later, he was elected to
the first of 12 terms as alderman. Fulford entered
the patent-medicine trade in 1886, and in 1890 acquired the
rights to his most famous product, "Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People." His use of large-scale newspaper
testimonial advertising helped expand his business
internationally. His headquarters remained in Brockville
and Fulford himself maintained a local presence, as
businessman, polititian and philanthropist. His mansion,
Fulford Place, reflected his social status. He was
appointed to the senate in 1900. In 1905 at the heigt of
his career George Fulford was fatally injured in an
automobile accident.

Ontario Heritage Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario

LE SÉNATEUR GEORGE T. FULFORD
1852 - 1905

George Taylor Fulford, né et élevé à Brockville, est
apprenti à la pharmacie de son frère, dont il prend la
direction à 22 ans. Cinq ans plus tard, il est élu échevin
pour la premier de douze mandats. En 1886, Fulford se
lance dans le commerce des médicaments brevetés et, en
1890, achète les droits des fameuses « pilules roses pour
personnes pâles du docteur Williams ». Grâce à des
témoignages et une énorme publicité dans les journaux, son
affaire devient mondiale. Le siège social reste à
Brockville où il est actif comme homme d'affaires,
politicient et philanthrope. Son manoir, Place Fulford,
reflète son rang social. George Fulford est nommé sénateur
en 1900. En 1905, à l'apogée de sa carrière, il est
mortallement blessé dans un accident d'automobile.

Fondation du patrimoine ontarien, organisme du gouvernemtne de l'Ontario