What was the response? Dialog:
 -- Who was George Ashdown?;
 -- George Ashdown George Ashdown (April 8, 1851 - May 14, 1939) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Morden in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1906 to 1907.;
 -- Where was he born?;
 -- Born in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1851, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1872 to work in the hardware store of his brother, future Winnipeg mayor James Ashdown.;
 -- Did he work anywhere else?;
 -- In 1891 he moved to Morden to open his own hardware store, which he operated for 20 years.;
 -- When did he get into politics?;
 -- He served two terms as mayor of Morden in the early 1900s.;
 -- What else did he do in politics?;
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Following the death in office of Morden's MLA John Ruddell in 1906, Ashdown was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate for the resulting by-election.