George McGill | |
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Mayor of Fort Smith | |
Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sandy Sanders [1] |
Member of the ArkansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 78th district | |
In office January 14,2013 –January 1,2019 | |
Preceded by | Billy Gaskill |
Succeeded by | Jay Richardson [2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Fort Smith,Arkansas,U.S. | August 22,1946
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Fort Smith,Arkansas |
Education | University of Arkansas (MBA) |
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McGill earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Arkansas.
On August 14,2018,McGill was elected mayor of Fort Smith,Arkansas after winning 56.64 percent of the total vote. [12] On January 1,2019, [7] in front of a crowd of hundreds at the Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building,McGill was sworn in as the first African-American mayor in Fort Smith's history. [13]
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