Victor Odlum

Victor Odlum
Brigadier General Victor Odlum (third from the left) beside a Renault FT light tank, 1918.
Born	(1880-10-21)21 October 1880 Cobourg, Ontario
Died	4 April 1971(1971-04-04) (aged 90) Vancouver, British Columbia
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Army
Years of service	1900–1924 1940–1941
Rank	Major General
Unit	The Royal Canadian Regiment
Commands held	2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Boer War World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order
Other work	journalist, soldier, diplomat

Major General Victor Wentworth Odlum, CB, CMG, DSO (21 October 1880 – 4 April 1971) was a Canadian journalist, soldier, and diplomat. He was a prominent member of the business and political elite of Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1920s until his death in 1971. He was a newspaper publisher, a Liberal MLA from 1924–1928, co-founder of the Non-Partisan Association in 1937, temperance advocate, one of the first directors on the board of governors that oversaw the new Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and a Canadian ambassador. He fought in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.^[1]