Biography of George Little, President

George Little attended the Manitoba Institute of Technology, and served an apprenticeship, achieving the Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician’s Certification. He went on to own and operate an Electrical Contracting firm in Winnipeg, before moving to Penticton in 1971. He served in various capacities with Cooper and Gibbard Electric Ltd, finishing as the Estimator/Manager. On the retirement of the principles of this firm in 1985, George started G. Little Electric Ltd. He also continues to be an active participant in community and business affairs, as indicated with this partial list of affiliations:

• Past board member and Chairman of the Southern Interior Construction Association.
• Past board member of the British Columbia Construction Association.
• Past board member of the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce.
• Past Board member of the Electrical Safety Advisory Board of British Columbia.
• President of the Penticton Industrial Development Association.
• Committee member of the City of Penticton Development Services Advisory Committee.
• Board member of the Board City of Penticton Public Asset Review Board.
• Board member of Development Services Advisory Board.

The G. Little Group

From its beginning in 1985, G. Little Electric has served the South Okanagan and Similkameen providing design, quotation, contracting and electrical service facilities with the customer’s best interests as the  “prime directive”. The firm has expanded over the years, to meet the increasing demand for its services. While we continue to successfully complete many significant projects, the size of the job is never too small, and we pride ourselves in attention to detail and the needs of all of our customers. Our base of satisfied service customers continue to grow. 

Some years ago, the firm recognized some additional needs and created two new divisions, G. Little Alarms, and G.L.E Heating and Air Conditioning. We continue to search out new products, ideas, training and methods, to ensure we can provide the highest level of service to our valued customers. The company divisions are fully supportive of each other, and pride themselves in providing a “one shop service”.

Click here to read the G. Little Interview (February 16, 2010).